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As icky suet could be! (8)

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I believe the answer is:

yuckiest

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'as icky suet could be' is the definition.
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'icky suet could be' is the wordplay.
'could be' indicates anagramming the letters.
'icky'+'suet'='ickysuet'
'ickysuet' with letters rearranged gives 'YUCKIEST'.

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