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Disgusted at welcome that’s got extended to sides (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

loathing

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'disgusted' is the definition.
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'welcome that's got extended to sides' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'welcome' could be 'hi' (both are greetings) and 'hi' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for loathing that I've seen before include "Intense dislike" , "Abhorring" , "Alight on, feeling great dislike" , "Disliking intensely" , "Abhorrence" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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