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Our team looks down on wicked little pest (6)

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I believe the answer is:

weevil

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'pest' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'our team looks down on wicked little' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'wicked' could be 'evil' (synonyms) and 'evil' is found within the answer.
'our team' could be 'we' ('we' would make up 'our' team) and 'we' is found within the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for weevil that I've seen before include "it goes against the grain!" , "Destructive beetle" , "Beetle, a grain pest" , "little creature" , "We live with small beetle that feeds on grain and tree-bark" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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