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Has boil, nasty, to do away with (7)

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I believe the answer is:

abolish

'do away with' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'has boil nasty' is the wordplay.
'nasty' indicates an anagram.
'has'+'boil'='hasboil'
'hasboil' with letters rearranged gives 'ABOLISH'.

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for abolish that I've seen before include "Scrap" , "Annul - expunge" , "Cancel or abrogate" , "Axe" , "Put an end to, a rule perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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