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'Rocky' a bad role inspiring great affection (8)

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I believe the answer is:

adorable

'inspiring great affection' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'rocky a bad role' is the wordplay.
'rocky' indicates an anagram.
'a'+'bad'+'role'='abadrole'
'abadrole' with letters rearranged gives 'ADORABLE'.

(Other definitions for adorable that I've seen before include "Loveable" , "Attractive - captivating" , "Very charming and attractive" , "Endearing" , "Worthy of worship" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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