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Abroad as ever so horrible (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

overseas

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

'as ever so horrible' is the wordplay.
'horrible' indicates an anagram.
'as'+'ever'+'so'='aseverso'
'aseverso' with letters rearranged gives 'OVERSEAS'.

(Other definitions for overseas that I've seen before include "In foreign parts" , "Exotic" , "abroad - with 12a" , "In a foreign country" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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