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Stupid nit, not being polite, thrust in (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

intrude

'thrust in' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'stupid nit not being polite' is the wordplay.
'stupid' indicates anagramming the letters (in a stupid order).
'not being polite' becomes 'rude' ('rude' is the opposite to 'polite').
'nit' with letters rearranged gives 'int'.
'int'+'rude'='INTRUDE'

(Other definitions for intrude that I've seen before include "Put forward" , "Enter uninvited and unwelcome" , "Because of temperature, blue" , "Push in unwantedly" , "Pry" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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