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Antipathy of detective as test develops (8)

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I believe the answer is:

distaste

'antipathy' is the definition.
('distaste' can be a synonym of 'antipathy')

'detective as test develops' is the wordplay.
'detective' becomes 'di' (Detective Inspector abbreviation).
'develops' is an anagram indicator.
'as'+'test'='astest'
'astest' is an anagram of 'staste'.
'di'+'staste'='DISTASTE'

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for distaste that I've seen before include "Negative feeling" , "mild revulsion" , "Mild dislike, aversion" , "Is stated (anag.)" , "Staidest (anag) - aversion (to)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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