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Pets turn out to be a blight (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pest

'a blight' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'pets turn out' is the wordplay.
'turn out' indicates anagramming the letters.
'pets' is an anagram of 'PEST'.

'to be' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for pest that I've seen before include "Destructive insect or nuisance" , "Annoying creature" , "Nuisance; half a European capital" , "Destructive creature" , "A nuisance - step on it" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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