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Disgusting caressing skin of improper male (6)

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I believe the answer is:

virile

'male' is the definition.
('virile' can be a synonym of 'male')

'disgusting caressing skin of improper' is the wordplay.
'disgusting' becomes 'vile' (I've seen this before).
'caressing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'skin of' suggests removing the centre.
'improper' with its middle taken out is 'ir'.
'vile' going around 'ir' is 'VIRILE'.

(Other definitions for virile that I've seen before include "Vigorous, manly" , "Having energy" , "Masculine and macho" , "Manly, strong" , "Robustly masculine" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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