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Slight forgotten gladly by recipient ultimately (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

faint

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'slight' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'gladly by recipient ultimately' is the wordplay.
'gladly' becomes 'fain' (I've seen this in another clue).
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'ultimately' suggests the final letters.
The last letter of 'recipient' is 't'.
'fain'+'t'='FAINT'

'forgotten' is the link.
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(Other definitions for faint that I've seen before include "woozy" , "feeble" , "Lacking clarity" , "Hard to see" , "hard to hear" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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