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Looks at the ring again. It is ugly (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eyesore

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'it is ugly' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'looks at the ring again' is the wordplay.
'looks at' becomes 'eyes' (I've seen this before).
'the ring' becomes 'o'.
'again' becomes 're'.
'eyes'+'o'+'re'='EYESORE'

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(Other definitions for eyesore that I've seen before include "it looks bad" , "Blot on the landscape" , "ugly feature" , "Ugly and offensive sight" , "Horrible sight" .)

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