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Cuss the rotten mango with dead ends inside (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

goddamn

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'cuss the' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'rotten mango with dead ends inside' is the wordplay.
'rotten' indicates anagramming the letters.
'with dead ends' becomes 'dd' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'inside' indicates putting letters inside.
'mango' with letters rearranged gives 'goamn'.
'goamn' enclosing 'dd' is 'GODDAMN'.

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(Other definitions for goddamn that I've seen before include "expletive" , "Blasted - odd G-man (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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