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Tedious but seems not enough to weary everyone (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)

'weary everyone' is the wordplay.
'weary' becomes 'tire' (synonyms).
'everyone' becomes 'some' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'tire'+'some'='TIRESOME'

'but seems not enough to' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for tiresome that I've seen before include "Trying, vexatious" , "'Tedious, irksome (8)'" , "Annoying, being a nuisance" , "Tedious and boring" , "Annoying, makes you fed up" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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