Caught a scrap ... English love us to be execrable? (10)

I believe the answer is:

outrageous

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'be execrable?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'caught a scrap english love us' is the wordplay.
'caught' becomes 'out'.
'a scrap english' becomes 'rage' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'love' becomes 'o' (love means zero in tennis).
'out'+'rage'+'o'+'us'='OUTRAGEOUS'

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for outrageous that I've seen before include "Exorbitant" , "Shocking" , "undignified" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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