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Bachelor, one savouring of scandal — but not this crime? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bigamy

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'scandal but not this crime?' is the definition.
'bigamy' can be an answer for 'crime?' (bigamy is a kind of crime). I'm not certain of the remainder of the definition.

'bachelor one savouring' is the wordplay.
'bachelor' becomes 'B' (abbreviation e.g. BA=Bachelor of Arts).
'one' becomes 'I' (Roman numeral).
'savouring' becomes 'gamy' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'b'+'i'+'gamy'='BIGAMY'

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for bigamy that I've seen before include "Crime of double marriage" , "Crime of marrying twice" , "Marital crime" , "In law, having two spouses at the same time" , "Instance of having two spouses" .)

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