Horrible cigar falls to pieces after time (6)
I believe the answer is:
tragic
'horrible' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'cigar falls to pieces after time' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
an anagram of 'cigar' is 'ragic' which is within the answer.
'time' could be 't' (abbreviation) and 't' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tragic that I've seen before include "Characterised by extreme distress or sorrow" , "Greatly distressing" , "Calamitous, causing great sadness" , "like King Lear" , "Extremely sad; Mahler's 6th nickname" .)