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Scandalous to give Oscar to dumb final part of film (7)

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I believe the answer is:

obscene

'scandalous' is the definition.

'oscar to dumb final part of film' is the wordplay.
'oscar' becomes 'O' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'final' indicates one should take the final letters.
'part of film' becomes 'scene' ('scene' is part of 'film').
The last letter of 'dumb' is 'b'.
'o'+'b'+'scene'='OBSCENE'

'to give' is the link.

(Other definitions for obscene that I've seen before include "Offensive - indecent" , "off colour?" , "Bawdy" , "offending sensibilities?" , "Morally offensive, disgusting" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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