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Wearisomely study oil and energy fiasco (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tediously

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'wearisomely' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adverbs.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'study oil and energy fiasco' is the wordplay.
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'energy' becomes 'e' (physics symbol as in E=mc2).
'fiasco' indicates anagramming the letters.
'study'+'oil'='studyoil'
'studyoil' after 'e' is 'estudyoil'.
'estudyoil' anagrammed gives 'TEDIOUSLY'.

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(Other definitions for tediously that I've seen before include "in a way sleep-inducing?" , "in a laborious way" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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