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Nasty bloke, putting head back, crossing line (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ugly

'nasty' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

I cannot understand how the remainder of the clue works.

(Other definitions for ugly that I've seen before include "describe duckling thus" , "Not nice-looking" , "Shade of hat" , "Sullen" , "It's not fair" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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