Scornful fan winger hit . . . (9)

I believe the answer is:

withering

'scornful' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'fan winger hit' is the wordplay.
'fan' indicates an anagram (letters must be fanned around).
'winger'+'hit'='wingerhit'
'wingerhit' anagrammed gives 'WITHERING'.

(Other definitions for withering that I've seen before include "Devastating" , "Supercilious" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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