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Awful run with kid falling in burrow (8)

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I believe the answer is:

horrible

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'awful' is the definition.
(both can mean unpleasant)

'run with kid falling in burrow' is the wordplay.
'run' becomes 'r' (cricket abbreviation).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'kid falling' becomes 'rib' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'burrow' becomes 'hole' (a hole an animal lives in).
'r'+'rib'='rrib'
'rrib' placed into 'hole' is 'HORRIBLE'.

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(Other definitions for horrible that I've seen before include "Unpleasant, dreadful" , "Disgusting" , "Abhorrent" , "Loathsome - unpleasant" , "Dreadful, awful" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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