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View audience has in burst of sun shows displeasing quality (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

unsightliness

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'displeasing quality' is the definition.
'unsightliness' can be an answer for 'quality' (unsightliness is a kind of quality). I'm not certain of the 'displeasing' bit.

'view audience has in burst of sun' is the wordplay.
'view' becomes 'sight' (synonyms).
'audience has' becomes 'lines' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'burst of' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'burst' mean this).
'sight'+'lines'='sightlines'
'sun' with letters rearranged gives 'uns'.
'sightlines' inserted inside 'uns' is 'UNSIGHTLINESS'.

'shows' is the link.

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