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“Noggin”: word that’s contrived to cause offence (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wrongdoing

'offence' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'noggin word that's contrived' is the wordplay.
'that's contrived' is an anagram indicator.
'noggin'+'word'='nogginword'
'nogginword' anagrammed gives 'WRONGDOING'.

'to cause' is the link.

(Other definitions for wrongdoing that I've seen before include "Misdeed" , "sin" , "Evil action" , "Illegal behaviour" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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