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Criminal hanged, up in squalid place

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dung-heap

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'squalid place' is the definition.
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'criminal hanged up' is the wordplay.
'criminal' indicates anagramming the letters.
'hanged'+'up'='hangedup'
'hangedup' is an anagram of 'DUNG-HEAP'.

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(Another definition for dung-heap that I've seen is " A foul place".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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