Video ref overturned in bad-tempered farce (8)

I believe the answer is:

travesty

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'farce' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'video ref overturned in bad-tempered' is the wordplay.
'video ref' becomes 'var' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'overturned' is a reversal indicator.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'bad-tempered' becomes 'testy' (testy means bad-tempered or irritable).
'var' backwards is 'rav'.
'rav' placed inside 'testy' is 'TRAVESTY'.

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(Other definitions for travesty that I've seen before include "'Farce, parody (8)'" , "False or distorted representation of something" , "Terrible distortion of something." , "Absurd representation" , "Farcical version" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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