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Salacious material that has stomachs turning (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

smut

'salacious material' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'stomachs turning' is the wordplay.
'stomachs' becomes 'tums' ('tum' can be a synonym of 'stomach').
'turning' is a reversal indicator.
'tums' written backwards gives 'SMUT'.

'that has' is the link.

(Other definitions for smut that I've seen before include "Bit of soot or dirty talk" , "Obscene word(s)" , "Obscene material" , "Indecent stuff" , "porn?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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