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Sharp? Sadly I’m no Caruso, I admitted! (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

acrimonious

'sharp?' is the definition.
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'sadly i'm no caruso i admitted' is the wordplay.
'sadly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'admitted' is an insertion indicator.
'im'+'no'+'caruso'='imnocaruso'
'imnocaruso' anagrammed gives 'acrmonious'.
'acrmonious' placed around 'i' is 'ACRIMONIOUS'.

(Other definitions for acrimonious that I've seen before include "Hostile" , "Angry, bitter" , "Producing bad feelings" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and The Times.
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