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Looking back, dishonest statement about victor does seem wicked (4)

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I believe the answer is:

evil

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'wicked' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'looking back dishonest statement about victor' is the wordplay.
'looking back' is a reversal indicator.
'dishonest statement' becomes 'lie' (lie is a kind of statement. I am not sure about the 'dishonest' bit.).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'victor' becomes 'V' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'lie' going around 'v' is 'live'.
'live' in reverse letter order is 'EVIL'.

'does seem' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for evil that I've seen before include "Harmful; unlucky" , "Great wickedness" , "Profoundly immoral" , "Very wicked or bad" , "Profoundly wicked" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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