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Sleazy alley having no pubs (6)

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tawdry

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(Other definitions for tawdry that I've seen before include "Shabbily gaudy" , "Cheap and shoddy" , "Showy but cheap and nasty" , "Showy, cheap; sordid" , "Cheap and gaudy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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