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Onerous load southern type brought back to Scotland (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

albatross

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'onerous load' is the definition.
'albatross' can be an answer for 'load' (thesaurus). I'm unsure of the 'onerous' bit.

'southern type brought back to scotland' is the wordplay.
'southern' becomes 's' (abbreviation).
'type' becomes 'sort' (I've seen this in another clue).
'brought back' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'scotland' becomes 'Alba' (Gaelic name for Scotland).
's'+'sort'='ssort'
'ssort' in reverse letter order is 'tross'.
'tross' put after 'alba' is 'ALBATROSS'.

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(Other definitions for albatross that I've seen before include "Long-winged sea-bird, a constant burden" , "Spectacular hole" , "can be an encumbrance" , "a mariner had a shot at?" , "Sea bird" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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