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How hunger can make one uncouth (5-4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rough-hewn

'one uncouth' is the definition.

'how hunger can make' is the wordplay.
'can make' indicates anagramming the letters.
'how'+'hunger'='howhunger'
'howhunger' anagrammed gives 'ROUGH-HEWN'.

(Another definition for rough-hewn that I've seen is " Crudely shaped".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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