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Blair's dodgy dossier initially offensive (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ribald

'offensive' is the definition.
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'blair's dodgy dossier initially' is the wordplay.
'dodgy' indicates an anagram.
'initially' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'dossier' is 'd'.
'blair' is an anagram of 'ribal'.
'ribal'+'d'='RIBALD'

(Other definitions for ribald that I've seen before include "near the knuckle" , "Coarsely mocking" , "Indecent" , "Humorous in vulgar or disrespectful way" , "Mean" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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