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She fires revolting Piers Morgan at last (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sniper

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'she fires revolting piers morgan at last' is the definition.
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'revolting piers morgan at last' is the wordplay.
'revolting' indicates anagramming the letters.
'at last' indicates one should take the final letters.
The final letter of 'morgan' is 'n'.
'piers'+'n'='piersn'
'piersn' is an anagram of 'SNIPER'.

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(Other definitions for sniper that I've seen before include "One who criticises" , "Hidden marksman" , "Single marksman in concealed place" , "one who takes pot from a safe place" , "Concealed sharpshooter" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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