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Death notice written about extremely ropey individual (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

obituary

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This might be a double definition.

'death notice' is the first definition.
(I've seen this before)

'written about extremely ropey individual' is the second definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.

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(Other definitions for obituary that I've seen before include "Brief published biography of recently deceased person" , "Brief newspaper account of deceased person's life" , "Brief newspaper account of prominent person after death" , "note of closure?" , "Newspaper article about person recently dead" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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