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Serious rubbish sadly, or time when few watch? (9,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

graveyard slot

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'few watch?' is the definition.
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'serious rubbish sadly or time' is the wordplay.
'serious' becomes 'grave' (both can mean solemn).
'rubbish' indicates anagramming the letters (a poor quality or rubbish spelling of the letters).
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'sadly'+'or'='sadlyor'
'sadlyor' is an anagram of 'yardslo'.
'grave'+'yardslo'+'t'='GRAVEYARD SLOT'

'when' is the link.

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(Other definitions for graveyard slot that I've seen before include "when few are listening?" , "shows failing here?" , "when the number watching is at its lowest" , "Time of lowest viewing figures" .)

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