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Reportedly, I noticed something ugly (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eyesore

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'something ugly' is the definition.
(term for an ugly building)

'reportedly i noticed' is the wordplay.
'reportedly' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'noticed' becomes 'sore' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'i' is a homophone of 'eye'.
'eye'+'sore'='EYESORE'

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(Other definitions for eyesore that I've seen before include "it looks bad" , "A monstrous carbuncle" , "Blot on the landscape" , "Ugly prospect" , "Something ugly to look at" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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