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Has a turn in end maintaining grave (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

saturnine

'grave' is the definition.
(saturnine can mean grave or serious)

'has a turn in end maintaining' is the wordplay.
'maintaining' indicates a hidden word (the solution is held or maintained within the clue).
'SATURNINE' is hidden within 'has a turn in end'.

(Other definitions for saturnine that I've seen before include "dull" , "A rust nine chnage to be grave and gloomy" , "moody" , "dismal" , "Turn in sea makes one gloomy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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