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Censures proper answer in tears (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reprimands

'censures' is the definition.
('reprimand' can be a synonym of 'censure')

'proper answer in tears' is the wordplay.
'proper' becomes 'prim' (prim and proper).
'answer' becomes 'a' (abbreviation eg in Q and A).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'tears' becomes 'rends' (rending is a kind of tearing).
'prim'+'a'='prima'
'prima' inserted within 'rends' is 'REPRIMANDS'.

(Other definitions for reprimands that I've seen before include "carpets" , "rebukes" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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