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Mockery (8)

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(Other definitions for derision that I've seen before include "Contemptuous ridicule" , "Contemptuous mockery" , "Ironside (anag) - mockery" , "Mockery, ridicule" , "'Ridicule, contempt (8)'" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times, The Sun, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Telegraph, The Mirror, The Independent and The Guardian.
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