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Understanding clue ending badly (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

indulgence

'understanding' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'clue ending badly' is the wordplay.
'badly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'clue'+'ending'='clueending'
'clueending' is an anagram of 'INDULGENCE'.

(Other definitions for indulgence that I've seen before include "Gratification, luxury" , "leniency" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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