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Sent up light ode on bananas (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lampooned

'sent up' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'light ode on bananas' is the wordplay.
'light' becomes 'lamp' (lamp is a kind of light).
'bananas' indicates anagramming the letters (informal term for mad).
'ode'+'on'='odeon'
'odeon' is an anagram of 'ooned'.
'lamp'+'ooned'='LAMPOONED'

(Other definitions for lampooned that I've seen before include "Satirised" , "made to look silly" , "Publicly ridiculed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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