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Neat handler depicted wrongly as uncivilised (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

neanderthal

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'wrongly as uncivilised' is the definition.
'Neanderthal' can be an answer for 'uncivilised' (thesaurus). I'm not sure about the 'wrongly as' bit.

'neat handler depicted' is the wordplay.
'depicted' is an anagram indicator (letters presented or depicted in a new form).
'neat'+'handler'='neathandler'
'neathandler' anagrammed gives 'NEANDERTHAL'.

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(Other definitions for neanderthal that I've seen before include "Uncivilised man" , "Hominid discovered in Europe" , "German valley" , "Type of primitive man" , "Sort of very old man" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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