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Veiled criticism of bargain gin supply (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sniping

'veiled criticism' is the definition.
(sniping is making sly critical comments)

'bargain gin supply' is the wordplay.
'bargain' becomes 'snip' (slang term for a good deal).
'supply' indicates an anagram (in a supple way).
'gin' is an anagram of 'ing'.
'snip'+'ing'='SNIPING'

'of' is the link.

(Another definition for sniping that I've seen is " Criticising; shooting from cover".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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