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The contemptible fellow got sorted - about time! (6)

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I believe the answer is:

toerag

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'the contemptible fellow' is the definition.
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'got sorted about time' is the wordplay.
'sorted' indicates an anagram.
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'time' becomes 'era' (era is a kind of time).
'got' anagrammed gives 'tog'.
'tog' placed around 'era' is 'TOERAG'.

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(Other definitions for toerag that I've seen before include "Despicable person (slang)" , "contemptible sort" , "Contemptible person (colloq.)" , "Scamp" , "Despicable character" .)

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