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Amorous old criminal's rank (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

malodorous

'rank' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'amorous old criminal's' is the wordplay.
'criminal's' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'criminal' mean this).
'amorous'+'old'='amorousold'
'amorousold' anagrammed gives 'MALODOROUS'.

(Other definitions for malodorous that I've seen before include "Foul-smelling" , "Having a bad smell" , "Smelling very unpleasant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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