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Mistakenly call the spiteful person? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hellcat

'spiteful person?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'mistakenly call the' is the wordplay.
'mistakenly' indicates an anagram.
'call'+'the'='callthe'
'callthe' is an anagram of 'HELLCAT'.

(Other definitions for hellcat that I've seen before include "Unpleasant female" , "Malignant hag" , "Spiteful person" , "she-devil" , "Spiteful woman" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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