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Dicky hated corresponding. That's ghastly (9)

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I believe the answer is:

deathlike

'ghastly' is the definition.
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'dicky hated corresponding' is the wordplay.
'dicky' indicates anagramming the letters (dicky can mean not functioning properly).
'corresponding' becomes 'like' (synonyms).
'hated' is an anagram of 'death'.
'death'+'like'='DEATHLIKE'

'that's' acts as a link.

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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