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Kicked an Edwardian with a cry of derision (6)

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I believe the answer is:

booted

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'kicked an edwardian' is the definition.
'booted' can be an answer for 'kicked' (booting is a kind of kicking). I am not certain of the 'an edwardian' bit.

'with a cry of derision' is the wordplay.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a cry' becomes 'boo' (I have seen 'Cry of contempt ' mean 'boo' so perhaps 'cry' could also mean 'boo').
'of derision' becomes 'ted' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'boo' put next to 'ted' is 'BOOTED'.

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(Other definitions for booted that I've seen before include "Kicked" , "wearing beetle-crushers" .)

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