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A retreat under yours truly, most unpleasant (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

meanest

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

'a retreat under yours truly' is the wordplay.
'retreat' becomes 'nest' (nest is a kind of retreat).
'under' says to put letters next to each other (in a down clue, some letters go below others).
'yours truly' becomes 'me' (the person who set this crossword).
'a'+'nest'='anest'
'anest' put after 'me' is 'MEANEST'.

(Other definitions for meanest that I've seen before include "Art expressing" , "Most miserable" , "ultimate in shabbiness?" , "of least value" , "Most stingy, like 16" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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