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Rather badly stained (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

instead

'rather' is the definition.
('instead' can be a synonym of 'rather')

'badly stained' is the wordplay.
'badly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'stained' is an anagram of 'INSTEAD'.

(Other definitions for instead that I've seen before include "As a substitute" , "for a change" , "In lieu" , "Rather - detains (anag)" , "as an alternative option" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph and the Financial Times.
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