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Chats about wrong side being scolded (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chastised

'scolded' is the definition.
(chastising is a kind of scolding)

'chats about wrong side' is the wordplay.
'about' is an anagram indicator.
'wrong' indicates anagramming the letters.
'chats' anagrammed gives 'chast'.
'side' is an anagram of 'ised'.
'chast'+'ised'='CHASTISED'

'being' is the link.

(Other definitions for chastised that I've seen before include "Sad ethics (anag.)" , "Severely reprimanded" , "beaten" , "Rebuked" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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