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Act a sin out? Diabolical (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

satanic

'diabolical' is the definition.
(I know that diabolical can be written as satanic)

'act a sin out?' is the wordplay.
'out?' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'out' mean this (out can mean wrong or inaccurate)).
'act'+'a'+'sin'='actasin'
'actasin' anagrammed gives 'SATANIC'.

(Other definitions for satanic that I've seen before include "Demonic" , "Hellish" , "Supremely evil" , "Nick's" , "wicked" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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