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Hate seeing criminal doesn't eat it (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

detestation

'hate' is the definition.
(I know that detestation is a type of hate)

'criminal doesn't eat it' is the wordplay.
'criminal' indicates anagramming the letters.
'doesnt'+'eat'+'it'='doesnteatit'
'doesnteatit' is an anagram of 'DETESTATION'.

'seeing' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for detestation that I've seen before include "anathema!" , "hostility" , "Loathing" , "Hate" , "Hatred" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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