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Tires of terrible decade (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

forties

'decade' is the definition.
(forties is a kind of decade)

'tires of terrible' is the wordplay.
'terrible' indicates an anagram.
'tires'+'of'='tiresof'
'tiresof' with letters rearranged gives 'FORTIES'.

(Other definitions for forties that I've seen before include "British shipping forecast area" , "The age" , "See 25 Across" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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