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Terribly vile leer — wake-up call (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reveille

'wake-up call' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'terribly vile leer' is the wordplay.
'terribly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'vile'+'leer'='vileleer'
'vileleer' anagrammed gives 'REVEILLE'.

(Other definitions for reveille that I've seen before include "What soldiers get up to" , "Army waking signal" , "Early morning sound in the barracks" , "Early call" , "The get-out-of-bed bugle call" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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