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Surrounding makes men a bit confused (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ambient

'surrounding' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'men a bit confused' is the wordplay.
'confused' indicates an anagram.
'men'+'a'+'bit'='menabit'
'menabit' is an anagram of 'AMBIENT'.

'makes' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for ambient that I've seen before include "Surrounding, temperature perhaps" , "relaxing type of music?" , "relaxed atmosphere" , "Relaxation music" , "to do with circulation" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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