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Large stain ruined old pegs (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

splodge

'large stain' is the definition.
(a splodge is a stain)

'ruined old pegs' is the wordplay.
'ruined' indicates anagramming the letters.
'old'+'pegs'='oldpegs'
'oldpegs' anagrammed gives 'SPLODGE'.

(Other definitions for splodge that I've seen before include "Irregular blot" , "Dirty mark" , "Messy spot" , "Spot, splash, smear" , "big splash" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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