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Being misleading, the ad one really disliked (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hated

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'disliked' is the definition.
(hating is a kind of disliking)

'being misleading the ad' is the wordplay.
'being misleading' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'the'+'ad'='thead'
'thead' anagrammed gives 'HATED'.

'one really' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for hated that I've seen before include "Heartily disliked" , "Abhorred" , "gave stinking review to?" , "Unpopular" , "viewed with hostility" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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