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Like a bad shot — horrible! (2,6)

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I believe the answer is:

as though

'like' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'a bad shot horrible' is the wordplay.
'bad' indicates an anagram.
'horrible' becomes 'ugh' (expression of disgust).
'shot' is an anagram of 'stho'.
'a'+'stho'+'ugh'='AS THOUGH'

(Another definition for as though that I've seen is " Like".)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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