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Height of evil -- atone somehow (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elevation

'height' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'evil atone somehow' is the wordplay.
'somehow' indicates an anagram.
'evil'+'atone'='evilatone'
'evilatone' with letters rearranged gives 'ELEVATION'.

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for elevation that I've seen before include "plan" , "Side of a building; height" , "scale drawing" , "Height above sea level" , "Leave it on for altitude of a place" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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