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Most basic bank website ignoring the odds (6)

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I believe the answer is:

barest

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'most basic' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are superlative adjectives. Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'bank website ignoring the odds' is the wordplay.
'bank' becomes 'bar' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'ignoring the odds' indicates alternate letters (letters in odd-numbered positions are removed).
The alternating letters of 'website' are 'est'.
'bar'+'est'='BAREST'

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(Another definition for barest that I've seen is " Merest".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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