Unsavoury type playing Doris Day from the start (6)

I believe the answer is:

sordid

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'unsavoury type playing doris day from the start' is the definition.
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'playing doris day from the start' is the wordplay.
'playing' indicates an anagram.
'from the start' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'day' is 'd'.
'doris' anagrammed gives 'sordi'.
'sordi'+'d'='SORDID'

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(Other definitions for sordid that I've seen before include "Filthy - base" , "Seedy, squalid" , "Dirty and unpleasant" , "'Sleazy, squalid (6)'" , "Squalid and disgusting" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.

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