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Too large to be accepted by a society ball (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

also

'too' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'large to be accepted by a society ball' is the wordplay.
'large' becomes 'L' (eg in clothes sizes).
'to be accepted by' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters are accepted).
'society' becomes 's' (common abbreviation in names of organisations).
'ball' becomes 'o' (O looks like a ball).
'a'+'s'='as'
'l' inserted inside 'as' is 'als'.
'als'+'o'='ALSO'

(Other definitions for also that I've seen before include "What's more" , "on top" , "an indication of more to come" , "into the bargain" , "in accompaniment" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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