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Truly is an awful cocktail (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rusty nail

'cocktail' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'truly is an awful' is the wordplay.
'awful' indicates an anagram.
'truly'+'is'+'an'='trulyisan'
'trulyisan' is an anagram of 'RUSTY NAIL'.

(Other definitions for rusty nail that I've seen before include "one drunk at cocktail party?" , "one's likely to get hammered!" , "Strong sweet cocktail" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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