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Miserable deer seen outside Ram's Head (6)

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I believe the answer is:

morose

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

'deer seen outside ram's head' is the wordplay.
'deer' becomes 'moose' (moose is a kind of deer).
'seen outside' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'ram's head' becomes 'r' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'moose' placed around 'r' is 'MOROSE'.

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(Other definitions for morose that I've seen before include "Sullen and moody" , "Sullen, crabby" , "Sullen. bad-tempered" , "Melancholy" , "Gloomy and unsociable" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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