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It's critical stir-crazy daughter is kept in (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

judgmental

'it's critical' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'stir-crazy daughter is kept in' is the wordplay.
'stir' becomes 'jug' (both are slang for prison).
'crazy' becomes 'mental' (mentally ill).
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'is kept in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'jug'+'mental'='jugmental'
'jugmental' going around 'd' is 'JUDGMENTAL'.

(Other definitions for judgmental that I've seen before include "Excessively critical" , "Fault-finding" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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