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Evil location of 28's remote debts? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nefarious

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'evil' is the definition.
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'location of 28's remote debts?' is the wordplay.
'location of e8' becomes 'ne' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'remote' becomes 'far' ('far' can be a synonym of 'remote').
'debts?' becomes 'ious'.
'ne'+'far'+'ious'='NEFARIOUS'

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(Other definitions for nefarious that I've seen before include "Extremely wicked" , "Villainous" , "Very bad" , "immoral?" , "Wicked, criminal" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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