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End of public flogging as reprimand (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chiding

'reprimand' is the definition.
(I know that chiding is a type of reprimand)

'end of public flogging' is the wordplay.
'end of' says to take the final letters.
'flogging' becomes 'hiding'.
The last letter of 'public' is 'c'.
'c'+'hiding'='CHIDING'

'as' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for chiding that I've seen before include "rebuke" , "From lecture" , "Scolding" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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