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Conclusion of amusing MC's blue tale of spooks (5,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ghost story

'tale of spooks' is the definition.
(spook can mean a ghost)

'conclusion of amusing mc's blue' is the wordplay.
'conclusion of' indicates one should take the final letters.
'mc's' becomes 'host's' (an MC is a host or presenter).
'blue' becomes 'tory' (I've seen this before).
The last letter of 'amusing' is 'g'.
'g'+'hosts'+'tory'='GHOST-STORY'

(Other definitions for ghost story that I've seen before include "Frightful relation" , ". . . one such [SCARY TALE]" , "One giving creeps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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