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Stoop to providing an incomplete design (5)

Ross

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deign

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(Other definitions for deign that I've seen before include "Do something that's below one's dignity" , "Lower oneself" , "Think fit" , "Think appropriate" , "Condescend; stoop" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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