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Unpleasant chart topper going on a bit (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

noisome

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

'topper going on a bit' is the wordplay.
'topper going' becomes 'noi' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'a bit' becomes 'some' (I've seen this in other clues).
'noi'+'some'='NOISOME'

'chart' is the link.
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(Other definitions for noisome that I've seen before include "Odious" , "Nauseating" , "Smelling bad" , "Unpleasantly smelling" , "unhealthy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and The Times.
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