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Really bad goal, one let in by members of school (8)

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I believe the answer is:

fiendish

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'by members of school' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'really bad goal one let in' is the wordplay.
'really bad' becomes 'fish' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'goal' becomes 'end' (both can mean a purpose).
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'let in' indicates putting letters inside.
'end'+'i'='endi'
'fish' placed around 'endi' is 'FIENDISH'.

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(Other definitions for fiendish that I've seen before include "Terrible" , "like some Sudokus" , "Diabolic" , "Finished (anag) - demonic" , "Like Satan or the devil" .)

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