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Scribbled his last and grovelled (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scrawled

'scribbled' is the definition.
('scrawl' can be a synonym of 'scribble')

'his last and grovelled' is the wordplay.
'last' says to take the final letters.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'grovelled' becomes 'crawled' ('crawl' can be a synonym of 'grovel').
The last letter of 'his' is 's'.
's'+'crawled'='SCRAWLED'

(Other definitions for scrawled that I've seen before include "Wrote carelessly in bad handwriting" , "Wrote carelessly with red claws" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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