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Edit clue, first of four condemned as underhand (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

deceitful

'underhand' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'edit clue first of four condemned' is the wordplay.
'first of four' becomes 'f' (1st letter of 'four').
'condemned' indicates an anagram.
'edit'+'clue'+'f'='editcluef'
'editcluef' is an anagram of 'DECEITFUL'.

'as' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for deceitful that I've seen before include "cheating" , "Duplicitous" , "Deliberately misleading" , "unreliable" , "Dishonest" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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