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Dirt nieces dished up, being tactless (10)

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I believe the answer is:

indiscreet

'tactless' is the definition.
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'dirt nieces dished up' is the wordplay.
'dished up' indicates anagramming the letters.
'dirt'+'nieces'='dirtnieces'
'dirtnieces' with letters rearranged gives 'INDISCREET'.

'being' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for indiscreet that I've seen before include "Tactless" , "Too ready to reveal secret things" , "Too ready to tell secrets" , "Injudicious (anag of 6, 9 and 23)" , "shameless" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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