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Prophet raised an awful stink (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nahum

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'prophet' is the definition.
(I know that Nahum is a prophet)

'raised an awful stink' is the wordplay.
'raised' is a reversal indicator (going up in a down clue).
'awful stink' becomes 'hum' (I've seen this in other cluesasomething with a bad. I am not sure about the 'awful' bit.).
'an' back-to-front is 'na'.
'na'+'hum'='NAHUM'

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(Other definitions for nahum that I've seen before include "Destruction-of-Nineveh prophet" , "OT book and prophet who foretold the fall of Nineveh" , "Old Hebrew prophet" , "Hebrew prophet - Biblical book" , "Prophet's book" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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