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Underworld is crooked and determined to achieve at all costs

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hellbent

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'determined to achieve at all costs' is the definition.
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'underworld is crooked' is the wordplay.
'underworld' becomes 'hell' ('Hell' can be a synonym of 'underworld').
'is crooked' becomes 'bent' ('bent' can be similar in meaning to 'crooked').
'hell'+'bent'='HELLBENT'

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(Other definitions for hellbent that I've seen before include "Rashly determined" , "Recklessly resolute" , "Dogged - persistent" , "Recklessly determined - on way to Hades?" , "Implacably set (on)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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