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A depth measure including temperature is extraordinary (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

astounding

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

'a depth measure including temperature' is the wordplay.
'depth measure' becomes 'sounding' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'including' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'temperature' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'sounding' placed around 't' is 'stounding'.
'a'+'stounding'='ASTOUNDING'

'is' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for astounding that I've seen before include "Stunning" , "Amazing" , "Extraordinary" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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