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Criticise terrible roads - shock source of troubles? (8,3)

Ross

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pandoras jar

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'source of troubles?' is the definition.
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'criticise terrible roads shock' is the wordplay.
'criticise' becomes 'pan' (informal term meaning to criticise heavily).
'terrible' indicates anagramming the letters.
'shock' becomes 'jar' (both can mean to shake).
'roads' is an anagram of 'doras'.
'pan'+'doras'+'jar'='PANDORAS JAR'

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