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Most horrible November so far is equal on temperature (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nastiest

'most horrible' is the definition.
(most nasty or horrible)

'november so far is equal on temperature' is the wordplay.
'november' becomes 'N' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'so far' becomes 'as' (I've seen this in other clues).
'is equal' becomes 'ties' (to tie or draw is to be equal).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'temperature' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'n'+'as'+'ties'+'t'='NASTIEST'

(Other definitions for nastiest that I've seen before include "Extremely unpleasant" , "Most revolting" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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