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Unpleasant ride a beagle’s suffering (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

disagreeable

'unpleasant' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'ride a beagle's suffering' is the wordplay.
'suffering' indicates anagramming the letters.
'ride'+'a'+'beagles'='rideabeagles'
'rideabeagles' anagrammed gives 'DISAGREEABLE'.

(Other definitions for disagreeable that I've seen before include "Offensive - peevish" , "Unpleasant" , "Bad-tempered" , "Obnoxious" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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