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Caustic press in charge (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ironic

'caustic' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'press in charge' is the wordplay.
'press' becomes 'iron' (ironing is a kind of pressing).
'in charge' becomes 'ic'.
'iron'+'ic'='IRONIC'

(Other definitions for ironic that I've seen before include "Paradoxical, contradictory" , "Being sarcastic or deliberately oblique" , "A form of sarcasm, may sound perverse" , "Sarcastic or deliberately perverse" , "turning out unexpectedly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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