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Grasping former partner, wrong to tear into (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

extortionate

'grasping' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'former partner wrong to tear into' is the wordplay.
'former partner' becomes 'ex'.
'wrong' is an anagram indicator.
'to'+'tear'+'into'='totearinto'
'totearinto' is an anagram of 'tortionate'.
'ex'+'tortionate'='EXTORTIONATE'

(Other definitions for extortionate that I've seen before include "Overly demanding" , "Outrageously costly" , "Very pricey" , "(Of a price) much too high" , "Outrageous" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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