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Old scrawl's deciphered with unparalleled skill (5-5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

world-class

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'unparalleled skill' is the definition.
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'old scrawl's deciphered' is the wordplay.
'deciphered' is an anagram indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'old'+'scrawls'='oldscrawls'
'oldscrawls' with letters rearranged gives 'WORLD-CLASS'.

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I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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