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Outline provided by a stupid judge (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

adumbrate

'outline' is the definition.
('adumbrate' can be a synonym of 'outline')

'by a stupid judge' is the wordplay.
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'stupid' becomes 'dumb' ('dumb' can be similar in meaning to 'stupid'**).
'judge' becomes 'rate' (rating is a kind of judging).
'a'+'dumb' is 'adumb'.
'adumb'+'rate'='ADUMBRATE'

'provided' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for adumbrate that I've seen before include "Give a faint idea of; overshadow" , "Faintly indicate" , "sketch" , "Indicate or describe in a general way" , "Obscure" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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