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Crude and rude depiction as thus (15)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

unsophisticated

'crude' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'rude depiction as thus' is the wordplay.
'rude' indicates an anagram.
'depiction'+'as'+'thus'='depictionasthus'
'depictionasthus' with letters rearranged gives 'UNSOPHISTICATED'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for unsophisticated that I've seen before include "straightforward" , "Simple" , "Lacking experience" , "crude" , "green" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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