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Comic stand-in so harsh! (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dissonant

'harsh' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'comic stand-in so' is the wordplay.
'comic' indicates anagramming the letters.
'stand'+'in'+'so'='standinso'
'standinso' with letters rearranged gives 'DISSONANT'.

(Other definitions for dissonant that I've seen before include "incongruous" , "grating" , "Lacking harmony" , "sounding harsh" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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