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Scruffy beard hater is agitated (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

threadbare

'scruffy' is the definition.
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'beard hater is agitated' is the wordplay.
'is agitated' is an anagram indicator.
'beard'+'hater'='beardhater'
'beardhater' with letters rearranged gives 'THREADBARE'.

(Other definitions for threadbare that I've seen before include "poor" , "deprived of nap" , "Ragged" , "the worse for wear" , "Thin, tattered, worn out" .)

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