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Silly, stupid, bad: a fast scramble (4,2,1,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

daft as a brush

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'silly' is the definition.

'stupid bad a fast scramble' is the wordplay.
'stupid' indicates anagramming the letters (in a stupid order).
'scramble' becomes 'rush' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'bad'+'a'+'fast'='badafast'
'badafast' anagrammed gives 'daftasab'.
'daftasab'+'rush'='DAFT AS A BRUSH'

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(Other definitions for daft as a brush that I've seen before include "Insane or very stupid (ii)" , "Utterly silly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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