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Pa’s a rogue, appalling the High Court? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

areopagus

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'high court?' is the definition.
'areopagus' can be an answer for 'court?' (I've seen this before). I am not certain of the 'high' bit.

'pa's a rogue appalling' is the wordplay.
'appalling' indicates an anagram (an appalling spelling).
'pas'+'a'+'rogue'='pasarogue'
'pasarogue' is an anagram of 'AREOPAGUS'.

'the' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for areopagus that I've seen before include "Ancient Greek court; ago, as pure (anag.)" , "Athenian court" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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