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Graceful when receiving crazy nut’s insult (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

contumely

'insult' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'graceful when receiving crazy nut's' is the wordplay.
'graceful' becomes 'comely' (I've seen this before).
'when receiving' is an insertion indicator.
'crazy' indicates anagramming the letters.
'nut' with letters rearranged gives 'ntu'.
'comely' enclosing 'ntu' is 'CONTUMELY'.

(Another definition for contumely that I've seen is " abusive comments".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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