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Good man in denial, being horrid (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nasty

'horrid' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'good man in denial' is the wordplay.
'good man' becomes 'st'.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'denial' becomes 'nay' (nay is a kind of denial).
'st' inserted into 'nay' is 'NASTY'.

'being' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for nasty that I've seen before include "Beastly" , "Horrible" , "Evil" , "Repulsive" , "Horrid, repugnant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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