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Harshly critical of cruise soon in disarray (10)

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I believe the answer is:

censorious

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'harshly critical' is the definition.
'censorious' can be an answer for 'critical' (similar in meaning). I am not certain of the 'harshly' bit.

'cruise soon in disarray' is the wordplay.
'in disarray' is an anagram indicator.
'cruise'+'soon'='cruisesoon'
'cruisesoon' anagrammed gives 'CENSORIOUS'.

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for censorious that I've seen before include "making moral judgments?" , "Severely critical" , "Blaming" , "Fault-finding" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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