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Contempt for southern cereal (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scorn

'contempt' is the definition.
(I know that contempt can be written as scorn)

'southern cereal' is the wordplay.
'southern' becomes 's' (abbreviation).
'cereal' becomes 'corn' (corn is a kind of cereal).
's'+'corn'='SCORN'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for scorn that I've seen before include "Slight" , "Reject contemptuously" , "Contumely" , "Extreme contempt" , "Disdain or derision" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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