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Buries scandalous notes about maiden and bachelor (7)

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I believe the answer is:

entombs

'buries' is the definition.
('entomb' can be a synonym of 'bury')

'scandalous notes about maiden and bachelor' is the wordplay.
'scandalous' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'maiden' becomes 'm' (cricket abbreviation).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'bachelor' becomes 'b' (abbreviation e.g. BA=Bachelor of Arts).
'notes' anagrammed gives 'entos'.
'm'+'b'='mb'
'entos' enclosing 'mb' is 'ENTOMBS'.

(Other definitions for entombs that I've seen before include "Buries" , "sepulchres" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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