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Also say I was brought in to be the villain (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

baddie

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'the villain' is the definition.
(a bad character in a story)

'also say i was brought in to be' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'also' could be 'add' (I've seen this before) and 'add' is found in the answer.
'i' is within the answer.
'be' is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for baddie that I've seen before include "Nasty person" , "Child's name for a villain" , "law breaker?" , "Villain (slang)" , "Villain in film or story" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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