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Such as spring camping I love that comes to bad end? (4-11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

well-intentioned

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'bad end?' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'such as spring camping i love that' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'as' could be 'in' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'in' is found within the answer.
'spring' could be 'well' (both can mean a source of water) and 'well' is located in the answer.
'camping' could be 'tent' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'tent' is found within the answer.
'i' could be 'one' (Roman numeral for one) and 'one' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'id' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'comes to' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Another definition for well-intentioned that I've seen is " having good thoughts".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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