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Starts accusing a crime body; limply ends with bitterness (6)

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I believe the answer is:

acidly

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'with bitterness' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'starts accusing a crime body limply ends' is the wordplay.
'starts' suggests taking the first letters.
'a crime body' becomes 'cid' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ends' suggests removing the centre.
'limply' with its middle taken out is 'ly'.
The initial letter of 'accusing' is 'a'.
'a'+'cid'+'ly'='ACIDLY'

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(Other definitions for acidly that I've seen before include "Bitterly" , "in caustic manner" , "in a sour manner" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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