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Being malicious, put files in a heap (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spiteful

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'in a heap' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'being malicious put files' is the wordplay.
'being malicious' indicates anagramming the letters.
'put'+'files'='putfiles'
'putfiles' is an anagram of 'SPITEFUL'.

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(Other definitions for spiteful that I've seen before include "Vengeful, malicious" , "Malevolent, wanting to hurt" , "Showing malice" , "Vindictive - malicious" , "nasty!" .)

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