Deadly to John she is also awful to me (6)

I believe the answer is:

salome

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'deadly to john she' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'also awful to me' is the wordplay.
'awful' is an anagram indicator.
'also' anagrammed gives 'salo'.
'salo'+'me'='SALOME'

'is' is the link.

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(Other definitions for salome that I've seen before include "She danced for the head of John the Baptist" , "She danced with seven veils for the Baptist's head" , "She danced famously for Herod" , "Seven veils dance girl" , "Biblical dancer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.

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