Exaggerated fear with all-nighter ruined (6,4,4)
I believe the answer is:
larger-than-life
'exaggerated' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'fear with all-nighter ruined' is the wordplay.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'ruined' indicates anagramming the letters.
'all'+'nighter'='allnighter'
'fear' put after 'allnighter' is 'allnighterfear'.
'allnighterfear' with letters rearranged gives 'LARGER-THAN-LIFE'.
(Another definition for larger-than-life that I've seen is " Exaggerated".)
I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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