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Harry Enfield met corruption (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

defilement

'corruption' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'harry enfield met' is the wordplay.
'harry' indicates anagramming the letters (harry can mean to attack or spoil).
'enfield'+'met'='enfieldmet'
'enfieldmet' anagrammed gives 'DEFILEMENT'.

(Other definitions for defilement that I've seen before include "Pollution" , "Desecration" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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