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Ghastly pal lurches from a tomb (10)

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I believe the answer is:

sepulchral

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'from a tomb' is the definition.
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'ghastly pal lurches' is the wordplay.
'ghastly' indicates anagramming the letters (a ghastly spelling of the words).
'pal'+'lurches'='pallurches'
'pallurches' with letters rearranged gives 'SEPULCHRAL'.

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(Other definitions for sepulchral that I've seen before include "offering gloomy tones" , "from the grave" .)

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