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Severe piles: sit awkwardly? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pitiless

'severe' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'piles sit awkwardly?' is the wordplay.
'awkwardly?' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'awkwardly' mean this).
'piles'+'sit'='pilessit'
'pilessit' is an anagram of 'PITILESS'.

(Other definitions for pitiless that I've seen before include "Unrelenting" , "Callous" , "Unfeeling" , "Cold-hearted" , "Remorseless, ruthless" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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