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Derisory team acquires point (5)

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I believe the answer is:

snide

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'derisory' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'team acquires point' is the wordplay.
'team' becomes 'side' (both can mean a sports team).
'acquires' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'point' becomes 'n' (North).
'side' placed around 'n' is 'SNIDE'.

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(Other definitions for snide that I've seen before include "Derogatory, showing malice" , "Maliciously mocking" , "Sarcastic" , "Mean, base" , "Indirectly mocking" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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