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More repulsive shopkeeper, by the sound of it? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

grosser

'more repulsive' is the definition.

'shopkeeper by the sound of it?' is the wordplay.
'shopkeeper' becomes 'grocer' (I've seen this before).
'by the sound of it?' shows a homophone (sound like).
'grocer' sounds like 'GROSSER'.

(Other definitions for grosser that I've seen before include "More corpulent" , "more vulgar" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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