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Very small gnat with top of tail showing (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

midget

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'very small' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'gnat with top of tail showing' is the wordplay.
'gnat' becomes 'midge' (midge is a kind of gnat).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'top of tail showing' becomes 't' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'midge'+'t'='MIDGET'

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(Other definitions for midget that I've seen before include "Little person" , "Manikin" , "Happy for one" , "Dwarf" , "Tiny" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard and The Irish News.
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