Repulsive boxer nursing ear, fifty years later (8)
I believe the answer is:
plugugly
'repulsive boxer nursing ear fifty years later' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'repulsive boxer nursing ear fifty years' is the wordplay.
'repulsive boxer' becomes 'pug' (short for pugilist - term for boxer. I am not sure about the 'repulsive' bit.).
'nursing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'ear' becomes 'lug' (informal term for an ear).
'fifty' becomes 'l' (Roman numeral).
'years' becomes 'y' (abbreviation).
'pug' placed around 'lug' is 'plugug'.
'plugug'+'l'+'y'='PLUGUGLY'
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