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Toys sold out around end of April (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dolls

'toys' is the definition.
(doll is a kind of toy)

'sold out around end of april' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates an anagram (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'end of' indicates one should take the final letters.
The final letter of 'april' is 'l'.
'sold' anagrammed gives 'dols'.
'dols' placed around 'l' is 'DOLLS'.

(Other definitions for dolls that I've seen before include "Toy replicas of humans" , "Guys and ---, musical" , "Small models of humans" , "Child's playthings" , "Play figures" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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