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Rascal gets organised deal skewered (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

impaled

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'skewered' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with contact as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'rascal gets organised deal' is the wordplay.
'rascal' becomes 'imp' (synonyms).
'gets' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'organised' is an anagram indicator.
'deal' with letters rearranged gives 'aled'.
'imp'+'aled'='IMPALED'

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(Other definitions for impaled that I've seen before include "Pierced as with a stick or stake" , "killed for a vampire" , "Transfixed" , "Pierced through in mid-leap" , "Stuck" .)

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