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Cruel, vicious (6)

Ross

I think it could be either:

savage

brutal

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">I believe this clue is a double definition.<br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">cruel</span>' is the first definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(synonyms)</span><br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">vicious</span>' is the second definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(synonyms)</span><br/ ><br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for savage that I've seen before include "Menacing, uncivilised" , "Wild, uncivilised and dangerous" , "poet who escaped death penalty" , "Brutal" , "Wild and menacing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror, The Times and the Evening Standard.
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