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Edits songs displaying tedium (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stodginess

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'tedium' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both human attributes as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'edits songs displaying' is the wordplay.
'displaying' indicates anagramming the letters (the anagrammed letters display the answer).
'edits'+'songs'='editssongs'
'editssongs' anagrammed gives 'STODGINESS'.

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I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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