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Detested running the ad (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hated

'detested' is the definition.
('hate' can be a synonym of 'detest')

'running the ad' is the wordplay.
'running' indicates an anagram.
'the'+'ad'='thead'
'thead' anagrammed gives 'HATED'.

(Other definitions for hated that I've seen before include "Heartily disliked" , "Unpopular" , "Death (anag)" , "viewed with hostility" , "Despised" .)

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