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Small target for bad person (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sinner

'for bad person' is the definition.
(sinner is a kind of bad person)

'small target' is the wordplay.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'target' becomes 'inner' (I've seen this before).
's'+'inner'='SINNER'

(Other definitions for sinner that I've seen before include "Transgressor of the moral law" , "person being wicked" , "One in error" , "Offender against moral law" , "One in breach of moral law" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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