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Showing up people’s skin, as reflected in apartheid, unfortunately (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nudie

'showing up people's skin' is the definition.
(informal term for nude)

'reflected in apartheid unfortunately' is the wordplay.
'reflected' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'in' indicates a hidden word.
'eidun' is hidden in the letters of 'apartheid unfortunately'.
'eidun' reversed gives 'NUDIE'.

'as' is the link.

(Other definitions for nudie that I've seen before include "One's uncovered" , "with strippers?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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