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Contemptuous of corns setting off flu variety (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scornful

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'contemptuous' is the definition.
(I know that contemptuous can be written as scornful)

'corns setting off flu variety' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
an anagram of 'corns' is 'scorn' which is located in the answer.
an anagram of 'flu' is 'ful' which is present in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for scornful that I've seen before include "Contemptuous or derisive" , "Contemptuous or derisory" , "Mocking" , "sneering?" , "Showing contempt for" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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