(Of sound) rough, grating (8)

I believe the answer is:

scratchy

(Other definitions for scratchy that I've seen before include "Playing badly" , "carelessly" , "(Of sound) rough, grating" , "Itchy" , "after scoring" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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