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Judges the Medes misguided (5)

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I believe the answer is:

deems

'judges' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'medes misguided' is the wordplay.
'misguided' is an anagram indicator (letters guided into the wrong places).
'medes' with letters rearranged gives 'DEEMS'.

'the' is the link.

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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