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Aware of extremely subversive and evil intent (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sentient

'aware' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'extremely subversive and evil intent' is the wordplay.
'extremely' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'evil' indicates an anagram.
'subversive' with its centre taken out is 'se'.
'intent' anagrammed gives 'ntient'.
'se'+'ntient'='SENTIENT'

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for sentient that I've seen before include "Able to perceive/feel" , "Capable of feeling and perceiving things" , "Endowed with feeling and consciousness" , "Feeling, conscious" , "Able to perceive or feel things" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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