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Two dandies crudely scorned (9)

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I believe the answer is:

disdained

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'scorned' is the definition.
('disdain' can be a synonym of 'scorn')

'two dandies crudely' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
an anagram of 'dandies' is 'sdained' which is within the answer.
The remaining letters 'di' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Another definition for disdained that I've seen is " Scorned".)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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