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Formal rebuke (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reprimand

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">formal rebuke</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for reprimand that I've seen before include "Tick off - carpet" , "telling off" , "Admonish" , "Formal rebuke" , "Severe telling-off" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun and the Irish Times (Simplex).
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