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Dangerous load carried under end of arch (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

harmful

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'dangerous' is the definition.
('harmful' can be similar in meaning to 'dangerous')

'load carried under end of arch' is the wordplay.
'load carried' becomes 'armful' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'under' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'end of' suggests the final letters.
The final letter of 'arch' is 'h'.
'armful' put after 'h' is 'HARMFUL'.

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(Other definitions for harmful that I've seen before include "Injurious" , "Noxious" , "Causing injury or damage, say poison or malice" , "Half rum (anag.)" , "Dangerous, damaging" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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