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Nothing after Mayday? Nothing to write home about (2-2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

so-so

'nothing to write home about' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'nothing after mayday?' is the wordplay.
'nothing' becomes 'O' (looks like zero - 0).
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'mayday?' becomes 'sos' (I've seen this in another clue).
'o' put after 'sos' is 'SO-SO'.

(Other definitions for so-so that I've seen before include "Of average quality" , "Informally, only moderately good or well" , "'Passable, middling (2-2)'" , "just about adequate" , "Tolerable, indifferent" .)

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