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Rough, beginning to get wet (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

grainy

'rough' is the definition.
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'beginning to get wet' is the wordplay.
'beginning to' suggests taking the first letters.
'wet' becomes 'rainy' (similar in meaning).
The initial letter of 'get' is 'g'.
'g'+'rainy'='GRAINY'

(Other definitions for grainy that I've seen before include "Coarse" , "Old still can be this" , "gravelly" , "(Of photo) having low resolution" , "not clear" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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