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That rider tumbling is mediocre (5-4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

third-rate

'mediocre' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'that rider tumbling' is the subsidiary indication.
'tumbling' indicates an anagram.
'that'+'rider'='thatrider'
'thatrider' anagrammed gives 'thirdrate'.

'is' is the link.

(Other definitions for third-rate that I've seen before include "Of very poor quality" , "Very inferior in quality in numeric description" , "Very inferior in numerical way" , "Very inferior in quality, using ordinal number" , "Very inferior in quality - count down" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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