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Rues dunce somehow becoming loose (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

unsecured

'loose' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'rues dunce somehow' is the wordplay.
'somehow' indicates anagramming the letters.
'rues'+'dunce'='ruesdunce'
'ruesdunce' with letters rearranged gives 'UNSECURED'.

'becoming' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for unsecured that I've seen before include "Not locked" , "on the loose" , "liable to come off" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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