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Could be worse - not a road-hog (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

passable

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'worse not a road-hog' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'could be' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'be' could be 'pass' (passing is a kind of being) and 'pass' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'able' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for passable that I've seen before include "okay?" , "Good enough to be acceptable" , "not hogging the road" , "All right" , "Fair" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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