Crossword Genius

City suppressing anything bad (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

naughty

'bad' is the definition.
('naughty' can be similar in meaning to 'bad')

'city suppressing anything' is the wordplay.
'city' becomes 'ny' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'suppressing' is an insertion indicator.
'anything' becomes 'aught' (I've seen this before).
'ny' going around 'aught' is 'NAUGHTY'.

(Other definitions for naughty that I've seen before include "Mischievous - improper" , "Dubious" , "Badly behaved, mischievous" , "Behaving badly or risque" , "Badly-behaved" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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