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Mediocre line in Lear to be rewritten (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tolerable

'mediocre' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'line in lear to be rewritten' is the wordplay.
'line' becomes 'l'.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'rewritten' is an anagram indicator.
'lear'+'to'+'be'='leartobe'
'leartobe' is an anagram of 'toerable'.
'l' placed inside 'toerable' is 'TOLERABLE'.

(Other definitions for tolerable that I've seen before include "Adequate" , "Acceptable" , "Passable" , "may be accepted?" , "Fair" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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