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Tons treated badly being in rags (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tattered

'in rags' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'tons treated badly' is the wordplay.
'tons' becomes 't'.
'badly' indicates an anagram.
'treated' anagrammed gives 'attered'.
't'+'attered'='TATTERED'

'being' is the link.

(Other definitions for tattered that I've seen before include "Old and torn" , "Torn and ragged" , "Ragged and threadbare" , "In rags" , "Torn irregularly like scarecrow's clothes" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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