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Handsome judge adorable? Not half! (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

considerable

'handsome' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'judge adorable? not half' is the wordplay.
'judge' becomes 'consider' (I've seen this before).
'not half' indicates taking half.
'adorable' halved is 'able'.
'consider'+'able'='CONSIDERABLE'

(Other definitions for considerable that I've seen before include "Fairly large or numerous" , "A lot (of) - worthy of respect" , "Tidy" , "Notably large" , "Great" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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