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Unthinkable treatment of Peru’s poorest! (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

preposterous

'unthinkable' is the definition.
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'treatment of peru's poorest' is the wordplay.
'treatment of' indicates an anagram (letters treated or processed).
'perus'+'poorest'='peruspoorest'
'peruspoorest' anagrammed gives 'PREPOSTEROUS'.

(Other definitions for preposterous that I've seen before include "Ludicrous" , "Laughable" , "Quite absurd" , "Utterly absurd" , "Unreasonable - fatuous" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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