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Remote is broken: annoying (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tiresome

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

'remote is broken' is the wordplay.
'broken' indicates an anagram.
'remote'+'is'='remoteis'
'remoteis' is an anagram of 'TIRESOME'.

(Other definitions for tiresome that I've seen before include "wearing" , "Fatiguing; boring" , "Is remote, being boring" , "Fatiguing, tedious" , "Rather boring" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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