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Some humorous sarcasm held up as insensitive (5)

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I believe the answer is:

crass

'insensitive' is the definition.
(a crass comment might be insensitive)

'some humorous sarcasm held up' is the wordplay.
'some' indicates a hidden word (some of the parts of the word are used).
'held up' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'ssarc' is hidden within 'humorous sarcasm'.
'ssarc' back-to-front is 'CRASS'.

'as' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for crass that I've seen before include "Totally lacking in sensibility" , "Tactless, boorish" , "'Gross, vulgar (5)'" , "Grossly stupid, tactless" , "Unrefined" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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