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Former pupil sent icy order as an expletive (9)

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I believe the answer is:

obscenity

'an expletive' is the definition.
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'former pupil sent icy order' is the wordplay.
'former pupil' becomes 'OB' (abbreviation for 'Old Boy' - private school pupil).
'order' indicates anagramming the letters.
'sent'+'icy'='senticy'
'senticy' with letters rearranged gives 'scenity'.
'ob'+'scenity'='OBSCENITY'

'as' is the link.

(Other definitions for obscenity that I've seen before include "Strong language" , "Smut" , "indecency" , "Bad language" , "pornography?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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