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Awful loss? Hard blow (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

slosh

'blow' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'awful loss? hard' is the wordplay.
'awful' indicates an anagram.
'hard' becomes 'h'.
'loss' anagrammed gives 'slos'.
'slos'+'h'='SLOSH'

(Other definitions for slosh that I've seen before include "Make a splashing sound" , "hit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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