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Base and vicious, determined to annoy (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bedevil

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'to annoy' is the definition.
(I know that bedevil is a more specific form of the action beset)

'base and vicious' is the wordplay.
'base' becomes 'bed' (both can mean the bottom of something).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'vicious' becomes 'evil' (synonyms).
'bed'+'evil'='BEDEVIL'

'determined' is the link.
This may not be right. It may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for bedevil that I've seen before include "Cause continual difficulties" , "Dog" , "Throw into confusion" , "Afflict" , "torment" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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