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Offensive din carries over miles (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

noisome

'offensive' is the definition.
(I know that offensive can be written as noisome)

'din carries over miles' is the wordplay.
'din' becomes 'noise' (a din is a noisy disturbance).
'carries' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters carried inside).
'over' becomes 'o' (cricket abbreviation).
'miles' becomes 'm' (common abbreviation).
'o'+'m'='om'
'noise' placed around 'om' is 'NOISOME'.

(Other definitions for noisome that I've seen before include "Harmful - offensive" , "Harmful - noxious" , "Unpleasantly smelling" , "Moonies (anag.)" , "noxious smells" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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