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Criminal to us, Abel is perfect (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

absolute

'is perfect' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'criminal to us abel' is the wordplay.
'criminal' indicates anagramming the letters.
'to'+'us'+'abel'='tousabel'
'tousabel' anagrammed gives 'ABSOLUTE'.

(Other definitions for absolute that I've seen before include "Sheer, utter or not limited" , "Perfect, complete, pure" , "rank" , "Total; unqualified" , "decided" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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