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Giddy gals in yacht abandoning area scornfully (10)

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I believe the answer is:

scathingly

'scornfully' is the definition.
(in a scathing or scornful way)

'giddy gals in yacht abandoning area' is the wordplay.
'giddy' indicates an anagram.
'abandoning' suggests deleting specific letters.
'area' becomes 'a' (maths abbreviation).
'gals'+'in'+'yacht'='galsinyacht'
'galsinyacht' with 'a' taken out is 'glsinyacht'.
'glsinyacht' anagrammed gives 'SCATHINGLY'.

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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