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End up with horrible mess under something sticky -- oh dear! (8,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

goodness me

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'oh dear' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'end up with horrible mess under something sticky' is the wordplay.
'up' says the letters should be written backwards (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'with' is an insertion indicator.
'horrible' is an anagram indicator.
'under' says to put letters next to each other.
'something sticky' becomes 'goo' (**).
'end' reversed gives 'dne'.
'mess' is an anagram of 'essm'.
'dne' enclosing 'essm' is 'dnessme'.
'dnessme' after 'goo' is 'GOODNESS ME'.

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(Another definition for goodness me that I've seen is " Well, well!".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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