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Bog bowl broken by one of a wicked bent (8)

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I believe the answer is:

fiendish

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'a wicked bent' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'bog bowl broken by one' is the wordplay.
'bog' becomes 'fen' (I've seen this in another clue).
'bowl' becomes 'dish' (a bowl is a type of dish).
'broken by' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters break into the word).
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'fen'+'dish'='fendish'
'fendish' placed around 'i' is 'FIENDISH'.

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for fiendish that I've seen before include "Extremely cruel" , "Diabolic" , "Very difficult" , "how diabolically cruel" , "This Sudoku" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times.
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