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Unhealthy announcement of further offer (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

morbid

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'unhealthy' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'further offer' is the wordplay.
'further' becomes 'mor' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'offer' becomes 'bid' (bid is a kind of offer).
'mor'+'bid'='MORBID'

'announcement of' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for morbid that I've seen before include "Macabre" , "Showing an unnatural interest in death and disease" , "Sickly, unwholesome" , "Diseased - gruesome" , "Displaying an unhealthy interest in death" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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