Great fiction in Russia reflects what amounts to more revolting (6)
I believe the answer is:
uglier
'more revolting' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'great fiction in russia reflects what amounts' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'fiction' could be 'lie' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'lie' is present in the answer.
'great' could be 'gr' and 'gr' is found within the remaining letters.
A single letter 'u' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for uglier that I've seen before include "Less pleasing to look at" , "More lacking in beauty" , "more revolting" , "More displeasing to the senses" , "More deficient in beauty" .)