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Fuel leaking out of a hole is far from dull! (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eventful

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'dull' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'fuel leaking out of a hole is far' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'hole' could be 'vent' (vent is a kind of hole) and 'vent' is present in the answer.
an anagram of 'fuel' is 'eful' which is located in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'from' is the link.

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(Other definitions for eventful that I've seen before include "Packed with action, lots happening" , "Memorable; momentous" , "Full of incidents, momentous" , "Consequential" , "Full of incident, not dull" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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