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Cruel Indiana male in shade (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inhumane

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'cruel' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'indiana male in shade' is the wordplay.
'indiana' becomes 'in' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'male' becomes 'man' (man is a kind of male).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'shade' becomes 'hue' (I've seen this before).
'man' put within 'hue' is 'humane'.
'in'+'humane'='INHUMANE'

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(Other definitions for inhumane that I've seen before include "Cruel" , "Heartless" , "Callous" , "Not compassionate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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