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Scorer's very "detailed” attack (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

assai

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'scorer's very' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'detailed attack' is the wordplay.
'detailed' means to remove the last letter (the word must be end-less or 'de-tailed').
'attack' becomes 'assail' (synonyms).
'assail' with its last letter removed is 'ASSAI'.

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(Other definitions for assai that I've seen before include "Very (in music scores)" , "For a conductor, very" , "Palm tree" , "Very (in musical score)" , "small, purple, nutritional fruit" .)

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