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Criminal Kew CID busted (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wicked

'criminal' is the definition.
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'kew cid busted' is the wordplay.
'busted' indicates anagramming the letters.
'kew'+'cid'='kewcid'
'kewcid' is an anagram of 'WICKED'.

(Other definitions for wicked that I've seen before include "Very bad, or very good nowadays" , "Morally bad or wrong" , "A candle is" , "Sinful" , "very likely to cause harm" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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