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Tedious fight curtailed by fight venue (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

boring

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'tedious' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'fight curtailed by fight venue' is the wordplay.
'fight' becomes 'box' (boxing is a kind of fighting).
'curtailed' means to remove the last letter.
'by fight venue' becomes 'ring' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'box' with its last letter removed is 'bo'.
'bo'+'ring'='BORING'

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(Other definitions for boring that I've seen before include "Tedious and tiring" , "Mentally wearying" , "Making holes" , "Drilling can be tedious" , "Drilling - it's monotonous" .)

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