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Run-down lake's charm spoiled (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ramshackle

'run-down' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'lake's charm spoiled' is the wordplay.
'spoiled' indicates anagramming the letters.
'lakes'+'charm'='lakescharm'
'lakescharm' anagrammed gives 'RAMSHACKLE'.

(Other definitions for ramshackle that I've seen before include "Badly-organised" , "Dilapidated" , "Rickety - derelict" , "Decrepit" , "In severe disrepair" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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