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Poorly kept view from heartless duchy (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

seedy

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'poorly' is the definition.
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'kept view from heartless duchy' is the wordplay.
'kept view' becomes 'see' ('see' can be a synonym of 'view'. I am not sure about the 'kept' bit.**).
'from' says to put letters next to each other.
'heartless' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'duchy' with its centre taken out is 'dy'.
'see'+'dy'='SEEDY'

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(Other definitions for seedy that I've seen before include "Pip is" , "Dilapidated" , "Run-down, squalid" , "Like some cakes" , "Scruffy" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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