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Backside mostly elegant and shocking (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

disgraceful

'shocking' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'backside mostly elegant' is the wordplay.
'backside mostly' becomes 'dis' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'elegant' becomes 'graceful' (associated in meaning).
'dis'+'graceful'='DISGRACEFUL'

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for disgraceful that I've seen before include "Abominable - scandalous" , "far from honourable" , "Shockingly unacceptable" , "Dishonourable" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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