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Clown in ghastly supermarket (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

grimaldi

'clown' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'ghastly supermarket' is the wordplay.
'ghastly' becomes 'grim' (I've seen this in another clue).
'supermarket' becomes 'Aldi' (Aldi is a supermarket chain).
'grim'+'aldi'='GRIMALDI'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for grimaldi that I've seen before include "Ruling house of Monaco" , "Genoese family" , "Pantomime actor" , "Joseph -, eighteenth to nineteenth century English clown" , "English clown's" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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