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Declare to be in bad taste (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

state

'declare' is the definition.
(I know that state is a type of advise)

'bad taste' is the wordplay.
'bad' indicates anagramming the letters.
'taste' anagrammed gives 'STATE'.

'to be in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for state that I've seen before include "For example, New York or Washington but not Boston or Philadelphia" , "Condition; nation" , "Assert; nation" , "E.g. Georgia" , "Georgia < or Virginia" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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