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Pondering evil, sucker goes outside (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

musing

'pondering' is the definition.
('muse' can be a synonym of 'ponder')

'evil sucker goes outside' is the wordplay.
'evil' becomes 'sin' (I've seen this before).
'sucker' becomes 'mug' ('mug' can be a synonym of 'sucker'**).
'goes outside' is an insertion indicator.
'sin' inserted into 'mug' is 'MUSING'.

(Other definitions for musing that I've seen before include "Reflecting or pondering" , "Meditating" , "introspection" , "reflection" , "Absorbed in thought" .)

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