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Utter madness back in Kiev area (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rave

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'utter madness' is the definition.
'rave' can be an answer for 'utter' (raving is a kind of uttering). I'm unsure of the 'madness' bit.

'back in kiev area' is the wordplay.
'back' is a reversal indicator.
'in' indicates a hidden word.
'evar' is hidden in the letters of 'kiev area'.
'evar' reversed gives 'RAVE'.

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(Other definitions for rave that I've seen before include "Fume" , "Wild party; go mad" , "modern dance music" , "Rant about an all-night dance party?" , "Talk wildly and irrationally" .)

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