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Morgue's echo incredibly repugnant (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gruesome

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

'morgue's echo incredibly' is the wordplay.
'echo' becomes 'e' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'incredibly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'morgues'+'e'='morguese'
'morguese' is an anagram of 'GRUESOME'.

(Other definitions for gruesome that I've seen before include "Causing horror or repulsion" , "terrible" , "Horrifying and revolting" , "Sickening, macabre" , "Repulsive, horrid" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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