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Relative holding in evil (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sinister

'evil' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'relative holding in' is the wordplay.
'relative' becomes 'sister' (sister is a kind of relative).
'holding' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'sister' enclosing 'in' is 'SINISTER'.

(Other definitions for sinister that I've seen before include "can be injurious" , "On the left (of shield) (her.); wicked, criminal" , ", nun going round home" , "Suggestive of evil, being lefthanded" , "Forbidding" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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