The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word GHASTLY
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result GHASTLY
- Very pale green at first, have you left grey at the end?
- Awful sports car outside has limitations for Lenny
- Awful, stumbling hag on dance programme missing trick, you say?
- I must leave in a hurry after beginning to get very ill
- Awful government, hurriedly releasing source of information
- Dishevelled hag left in filthy place – hideous
- Rotten head of Government fast losing Italy
- Government left broke, thoughtless and awful
- Eerie with first appearance of antipathy for love? Horrible!
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The straight part
We know that "Awful" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case awful = ghastly.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does GHASTLY mean?
GHASTLY adjective- Like a ghost in appearance; death-like; pale; pallid; dismal.
- Horrifyingly shocking.
- Extremely bad.
- In a ghastly manner.