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Fed up with sexual vilifying (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

defamatory

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'vilifying' is the definition.
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'fed up with sexual' is the wordplay.
'up' says the letters should be written in reverse (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'with sexual' becomes 'amatory' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'fed' in reverse letter order is 'def'.
'def'+'amatory'='DEFAMATORY'

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(Other definitions for defamatory that I've seen before include "Calumnious" , "Libellous" , "slanderous" , "insulting" , "abusive" .)

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