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Cheapskate with talent for being wretched (9)

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I believe the answer is:

miserable

'wretched' is the definition.
('miserable' can be a synonym of 'wretched')

'cheapskate with talent' is the wordplay.
'cheapskate' becomes 'miser' (I've seen this before).
'with talent' becomes 'able'.
'miser'+'able'='MISERABLE'

'for being' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for miserable that I've seen before include "Blue" , "Wretched, low" , "Being sad" , "Wretched, doleful" , "Wretchedly unhappy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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