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I'll get him bad publicity (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

limelight

'publicity' is the definition.
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'i'll get him bad' is the wordplay.
'bad' is an anagram indicator.
'ill'+'get'+'him'='illgethim'
'illgethim' with letters rearranged gives 'LIMELIGHT'.

(Other definitions for limelight that I've seen before include "centre of public attention" , "Chaplin 1952 film" , "The glare of publicity" , "Intense publicity like stage illumination" , "Media attention" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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