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Dreadful hour - snored terribly (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

horrendous

'dreadful' is the definition.
(I know that dreadful can be written as horrendous)

'hour snored terribly' is the wordplay.
'terribly' indicates an anagram.
'hour'+'snored'='hoursnored'
'hoursnored' anagrammed gives 'HORRENDOUS'.

(Other definitions for horrendous that I've seen before include "Absolutely awful" , "Dreadful" , "Ghastly" , "Horrific" , "Criminal" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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