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Throw out bread that's hard (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

obdurate

'hard' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'throw out bread' is the wordplay.
'throw' indicates an anagram.
'out'+'bread'='outbread'
'outbread' anagrammed gives 'OBDURATE'.

'that's' is the link.

(Other definitions for obdurate that I've seen before include "A doubter being stubborn" , "uncommonly tough" , "Stubbornly resistant" , "Dogged" , "Unyielding - cruel" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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