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Mixed peel with mint in? Try with sauce (13)

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I believe the answer is:

impertinently

'with sauce' is the definition.
(sauce can mean rudeness)

'mixed peel with mint in? try' is the wordplay.
'mixed' indicates an anagram.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'peel'+'mint'+'in'+'try'='peelmintintry'
'peelmintintry' is an anagram of 'IMPERTINENTLY'.

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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