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Lovely-sounding honey really horrible (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

melodious

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'lovely-sounding' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'honey really horrible' is the wordplay.
'honey' becomes 'mel' (Latin name for honey).
'really horrible' becomes 'odious' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'mel'+'odious'='MELODIOUS'

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(Other definitions for melodious that I've seen before include "music to the ears!" , "Tuneful" , "Sweet'" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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