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Awfully cheeky and unoriginal (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hackneyed

'unoriginal' is the definition.
('hackneyed' can be similar in meaning to 'unoriginal')

'awfully cheeky and' is the wordplay.
'awfully' is an anagram indicator.
'cheeky'+'and'='cheekyand'
'cheekyand' anagrammed gives 'HACKNEYED'.

(Other definitions for hackneyed that I've seen before include "pedestrian" , "Overworked" , "Trite (expression)" , "Overfamiliar through overuse" , "Stereotyped" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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