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Admonish Charlie, flogged outside (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scold

'admonish' is the definition.
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'charlie flogged outside' is the wordplay.
'charlie' becomes 'c' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'flogged' becomes 'sold' (I've seen this before).
'outside' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'c' inserted within 'sold' is 'SCOLD'.

(Other definitions for scold that I've seen before include "Upbraid" , "Rebuke; nagging woman" , "Castigate" , "Complaining woman" , "quarrelsome woman of old?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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