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Lives round New Badger, like Cinderella (2,4)

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I believe the answer is:

in rags

'like cinderella' is the definition.

'lives round new badger' is the wordplay.
'lives' becomes 'is' ('be' can be a synonym of 'live').
'round' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'new' becomes 'n'.
'badger' becomes 'rag' (both can mean to criticise).
'n'+'rag'='nrag'
'is' placed around 'nrag' is 'IN RAGS'.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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