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Star skater is spoilt (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

asterisk

'star' is the definition.
(I know that star can be written as asterisk)

'skater is spoilt' is the wordplay.
'spoilt' is an anagram indicator.
'skater'+'is'='skateris'
'skateris' is an anagram of 'ASTERISK'.

(Other definitions for asterisk that I've seen before include "Character drawing attention to footnote" , "Star-shape on the page" , "Footnote marker" , "Sarkiest (Anag)" , "Star-like symbol as reference mark" .)

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