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Scathing report on lorry you loaned (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

truculent

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'scathing' is the definition.
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'report on lorry you loaned' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'you' could be 'u' (commonly used in online communication) and 'u' is found within the answer.
'loaned' could be 'lent' ('lend' can be a synonym of 'loan') and 'lent' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for truculent that I've seen before include "Rude and aggressive" , "Defiant, rude" , "Aggressively defiant" , "Defiantly aggressive" , "Obstreperous" .)

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