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A scruffy old bear is lovely (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

adorable

'is lovely' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'a scruffy old bear' is the wordplay.
'scruffy' indicates an anagram.
'old'+'bear'='oldbear'
'oldbear' with letters rearranged gives 'dorable'.
'a'+'dorable'='ADORABLE'

(Other definitions for adorable that I've seen before include "Winsome" , "fetching" , "Cute and cuddly?" , "winning" , "worthy of love" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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