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A bed rather dishevelled, ragged (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

threadbare

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

'a bed rather dishevelled' is the wordplay.
'dishevelled' is an anagram indicator.
'a'+'bed'+'rather'='abedrather'
'abedrather' with letters rearranged gives 'THREADBARE'.

(Other definitions for threadbare that I've seen before include "poor" , "deprived of nap" , "Shabby" , "Hackneyed" , "Well-worn" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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