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Shame about grubbiness, that needing clearing out? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pigsty

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'shame about grubbiness that needing clearing out?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.

'shame about grubbiness' is the wordplay.
'shame' becomes 'pity' (synonyms).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'grubbiness' becomes 'gs' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'pity' going around 'gs' is 'PIGSTY'.

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(Other definitions for pigsty that I've seen before include "Very dirty house" , "Without boots" , "Dirty place; animal pen" , "Proverbial mess" , "Lamb neck-chop" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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