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Hate extremely delicate examination (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

detest

'hate' is the definition.
('detest' can be a synonym of 'hate')

'extremely delicate examination' is the wordplay.
'extremely' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'examination' becomes 'test' ('test' can be a synonym of 'examination').
'delicate' with its middle removed is 'de'.
'de'+'test'='DETEST'

(Other definitions for detest that I've seen before include "Dislike heartily" , "Hate a lot" , "Greatly hate" , "Despise or loathe" , "Cordially laothe" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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