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Tedious, but not enough to make everybody weary (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tiresome

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'tedious' is the definition.
(I know that tedious can be written as tiresome)

'not enough to make everybody weary' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'not' could be 'o' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'o' is found within the answer.
'weary' could be 'tire' (synonyms) and 'tire' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'but' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for tiresome that I've seen before include "'Tedious, irksome (8)'" , "Rather boring" , "Trying, vexatious" , "Boring, irksome (colloq.)" , "Fatiguing; boring" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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