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Not pitying crooked hustlers (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ruthless

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'not pitying' is the definition.
The definition and answer are not the same part of speech.

'crooked hustlers' is the wordplay.
'crooked' is an anagram indicator (a crooked or disrupted version of the letters).
'hustlers' with letters rearranged gives 'RUTHLESS'.

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(Other definitions for ruthless that I've seen before include "hard" , "Hustlers can be without mercy" , "Callous" , "Brutal" , "Showing no compassion" .)

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