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Viewer by red building that's ugly (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eyesore

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'that's ugly' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'viewer by red' is the wordplay.
'viewer' becomes 'eye' (organ which sees or views).
'by red' becomes 'sore' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'eye'+'sore'='EYESORE'

'building' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for eyesore that I've seen before include "An unsightly thing" , "Something ugly and offensive" , "ugly feature" , "pigsty" , "Monstrosity" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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