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Couldn't decide if San Diego was lousy (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

agonised

'couldn't decide' is the definition.
(as in agonising over a difficult decision)

'san diego was lousy' is the wordplay.
'was lousy' indicates an anagram (a lousy spelling of the letters).
'san'+'diego'='sandiego'
'sandiego' with letters rearranged gives 'AGONISED'.

'if' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for agonised that I've seen before include "experienced pain" , "Was in great doubt" , "worried a lot" , "Very pained" , "suffered a lot" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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