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Attacks made by idiot with a lust out of control (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

assaults

'attacks' is the definition.
('assault' can be a synonym of 'attack')

'idiot with a lust out of control' is the wordplay.
'idiot' becomes 'ass' (I've seen this before**).
'with' is an insertion indicator.
'out of control' indicates anagramming the letters.
'lust' with letters rearranged gives 'ults'.
'a' inserted into 'ults' is 'aults'.
'ass'+'aults'='ASSAULTS'

'made by' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for assaults that I've seen before include "criminal acts" , "'Attacks, violations (8)'" , "Physical or emotional attacks" , "Onslaughts" , "Violent or personal attacks" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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