Itchy pal coming out in spots (8)

I believe the answer is:

patchily

'in spots' is the definition.
('patchily' can be a synonym of 'in spots')

'itchy pal coming out' is the wordplay.
'coming out' is an anagram indicator.
'itchy'+'pal'='itchypal'
'itchypal' with letters rearranged gives 'PATCHILY'.

(Another definition for patchily that I've seen is " from time to time?".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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