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Reprimands dashed racer's hope (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reproaches

'reprimands' is the definition.
(I know this)

'dashed racer's hope' is the wordplay.
'dashed' indicates an anagram.
'racers'+'hope'='racershope'
'racershope' anagrammed gives 'REPROACHES'.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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