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Terrible place spoilt shade (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hades

'terrible place' is the definition.

'spoilt shade' is the wordplay.
'spoilt' is an anagram indicator.
'shade' anagrammed gives 'HADES'.

(Other definitions for hades that I've seen before include "gloomy place" , "Underworld, hell" , "Inferno" , "Infernal situation" , "Pluto" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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