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Even cigar - dreadfully wrong (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

grievance

'wrong' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'even cigar dreadfully' is the wordplay.
'dreadfully' indicates an anagram (a dreadful spelling).
'even'+'cigar'='evencigar'
'evencigar' anagrammed gives 'GRIEVANCE'.

(Other definitions for grievance that I've seen before include "Bad feeling" , "Item causing resentment" , "Complaint" , "beef" , "gripe" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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