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Study problems for the ramblers in areas with too many ugly weeds (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eyesores

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'study problems for the ramblers' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'in areas with too many ugly weeds' is the wordplay.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'areas' becomes 'eyes' (eye is a kind of area).
'with too many ugly weeds' becomes 'sore' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'eyes' enclosing 'sore' is 'EYESORES'.

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(Other definitions for eyesores that I've seen before include "Very ugly and offensive sights" , "Things that are ugly to look at, hurt optics" , "ugly looking things" , "unattractive prospects" , "They're very ugly to the eye" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and the Irish Times.
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