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Examine US prosecutor left in disgrace (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scandal

'disgrace' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'examine us prosecutor left' is the wordplay.
'examine' becomes 'scan' (scanning is a kind of examining).
'us prosecutor' becomes 'da' (district attorney).
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'scan'+'da'+'l'='SCANDAL'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for scandal that I've seen before include "Shocking thing" , "Event causing public outrage" , "disgraceful behaviour" , "Outrageous event" , "content of 3 [RED TOPS]?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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