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Hot roofs unfortunately aged indeed (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

forsooth

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'indeed' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'hot roofs unfortunately' is the wordplay.
'unfortunately' is an anagram indicator (a bad or unfortunate spelling).
'hot'+'roofs'='hotroofs'
'hotroofs' is an anagram of 'FORSOOTH'.

'aged' is the link.
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(Other definitions for forsooth that I've seen before include "Indeed (archaic)" , "truly" , "Marry" , "In truth (arch)" , "certainly" .)

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