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Horrible to rent out (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rotten

'horrible' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'to rent out' is the wordplay.
'out' is an anagram indicator (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'to'+'rent'='torent'
'torent' with letters rearranged gives 'ROTTEN'.

(Other definitions for rotten that I've seen before include "Putrefied; punk leader" , "Suffering from decay" , "Dedayed, stinking" , "Decaying - quite putrid" , "'Decayed, stinking (6)'" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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