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Profligate, playing awful set (8)

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I believe the answer is:

wasteful

'profligate' is the definition.
('wasteful' can be similar in meaning to 'profligate')

'playing awful set' is the wordplay.
'playing' indicates an anagram.
'awful'+'set'='awfulset'
'awfulset' with letters rearranged gives 'WASTEFUL'.

(Other definitions for wasteful that I've seen before include "Extravagant" , "Awful set (anag.)" , "Prodigal" , "spendthrift" , "Faults we consider being profligate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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