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Vile party backs fiscal promises (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

odious

'vile' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'party backs fiscal promises' is the wordplay.
'party' becomes 'do' (do is a kind of party).
'backs' says the letters should be written backwards.
'fiscal promises' becomes 'ious' (promises to pay a debt 'I owe you').
'do' reversed gives 'od'.
'od'+'ious'='ODIOUS'

(Other definitions for odious that I've seen before include "Extremely unpleasant" , "Really hateful, abhorrent" , "Repellent" , "Unpleasant, repulsive" , "Hateful, generally despised" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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