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Had scene rewritten to include analyst getting malicious pleasure (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

schadenfreude

'malicious pleasure' is the definition.

'had scene rewritten to include analyst' is the wordplay.
'rewritten' indicates anagramming the letters.
'to include' indicates putting letters inside.
'analyst' becomes 'freud' (Sigmund Freud).
'had'+'scene'='hadscene'
'hadscene' anagrammed gives 'schadene'.
'schadene' going around 'freud' is 'SCHADENFREUDE'.

'getting' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for schadenfreude that I've seen before include "Delight in another's misfortune" , "Enjoyment of others' woes" , "Delight in the troubles of others" , "enjoying his misery?" , "Pleasure arising from another's misfortune" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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