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Stupidly I bait red in bitter attack (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

diatribe

'bitter attack' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'stupidly i bait red' is the wordplay.
'stupidly' is an anagram indicator (a stupid ordering of the letters).
'i'+'bait'+'red'='ibaitred'
'ibaitred' anagrammed gives 'DIATRIBE'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for diatribe that I've seen before include "Philippic" , "critical speech" , "Strong words" , "Bitter words" , "Stream of invective" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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