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Defective directive defended by agent (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

flawed

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

'directive defended by agent' is the wordplay.
'directive' becomes 'law' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'defended by' indicates putting letters inside.
'agent' becomes 'fed' (fed is a kind of agent).
'law' placed within 'fed' is 'FLAWED'.

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(Other definitions for flawed that I've seen before include "Imperfect" , "wrong" , "Blemished; faulty" , "With imperfections" , "Containing blemish or imperfection" .)

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