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Going down? About time - it's disgusting (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stinking

'disgusting' is the definition.
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'going down? about time' is the wordplay.
'going down?' becomes 'sinking' ('sink' can be a synonym of 'go down').
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'sinking' placed around 't' is 'STINKING'.

'it's' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for stinking that I've seen before include "rotten!" , "obnoxious" , "Foul-smelling" , "Rank" , "smelly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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