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Queen in a fuddle? Bad -- very bad (8)

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I believe the answer is:

dreadful

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

'queen in a fuddle? bad' is the wordplay.
'queen' becomes 'r' (r is abbreviation regina. e.g. in ER ).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'bad' is an anagram indicator.
'a'+'fuddle'='afuddle'
'afuddle' is an anagram of 'deadful'.
'r' inserted within 'deadful' is 'DREADFUL'.

(Other definitions for dreadful that I've seen before include "Appalling, awful" , "Horrible, shocking" , "Informally very bad, perhaps the weather" , "Shockingly bad" , "Terrible" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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