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Derogatory team gets the first point (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

snide

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'derogatory' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'team gets the first point' is the wordplay.
'team' becomes 'side' (both can mean a sports team).
'gets' is an insertion indicator (gets can mean captures or absorbs).
'the first point' becomes 'n' (North. I am not sure about the 'first' bit.).
'side' enclosing 'n' is 'SNIDE'.

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(Other definitions for snide that I've seen before include "Sneering, supercilious" , "Derogatory, showing malice" , "Sneering in a sly way - dines out on it" , "Maliciously derogatory" , "Delivering cuts" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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