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Poor maiden meeting bore (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

meagre

'poor' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'maiden meeting bore' is the wordplay.
'maiden' becomes 'm' (cricket abbreviation).
'meeting' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'bore' becomes 'eagre' (both can mean a wave).
'm'+'eagre'='MEAGRE'

(Other definitions for meagre that I've seen before include "Paltry" , "unsatisfactorily small in amount" , "Scanty, skimpy" , "lacking in strength" , "Insufficient; scanty" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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