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Sue, Hal and Mandy fight it out without an apology (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

unashamedly

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'sue hal and mandy fight it out without an apology' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'sue hal and mandy fight' is the wordplay.
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'fight' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'fighting' mean this (I've seen this in other clues)).
'sue'+'hal'='suehal'
'suehal' after 'mandy' is 'mandysuehal'.
'mandysuehal' is an anagram of 'UNASHAMEDLY'.

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(Another definition for unashamedly that I've seen is " Openly".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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