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Unprepared for return without swearing and an expression of disgust (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rough

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'unprepared for return without' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'swearing and an expression of disgust' is the wordplay.
'swearing' becomes 'ro' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'an expression of disgust' becomes 'ugh' (I've seen this before).
'ro'+'ugh'='ROUGH'

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(Other definitions for rough that I've seen before include "The long grass on the golf course" , "Estimated" , "that driver tries to avoid" , "Very choppy" , "Not gentle or restrained" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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