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Right to support celebrity skin-basher (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

starr

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'skin-basher' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'right to support celebrity' is the wordplay.
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'to support' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, some letters hold others up).
'celebrity' becomes 'star' (a star is a celebrity or famous person).
'r' put after 'star' is 'STARR'.

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(Other definitions for starr that I've seen before include "Ringo --, drummer" , "Freddie . . . . . Ate My Hamster" , "Beatle Ringo" , "English rock star and drummer, b. 1940" , "rush up north" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph and The Sun.
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