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Awfully poor mistake getting in the red (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rubbishy

'awfully poor' is the definition.

'mistake getting in the red' is the wordplay.
'mistake' becomes 'bish' (I've seen this in other clues).
'getting in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'the red' becomes 'ruby' (ruby is a kind of red).
'bish' put within 'ruby' is 'RUBBISHY'.

(Another definition for rubbishy that I've seen is " Poor-quality".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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