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Mixed civet feed no good (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

defective

'mixed' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'civet feed no good' is the wordplay.
'no good' is an anagram indicator (no good can mean faulty or defective).
'civet'+'feed'='civetfeed'
'civetfeed' with letters rearranged gives 'DEFECTIVE'.

(Other definitions for defective that I've seen before include "Flawed" , "insufficient" , "Faulty" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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