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Villainous foe ruins a broadcast (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nefarious

'villainous' is the definition.
(I know that villainous can be written as nefarious)

'foe ruins a broadcast' is the wordplay.
'broadcast' indicates anagramming the letters (letters scattered or cast around).
'foe'+'ruins'+'a'='foeruinsa'
'foeruinsa' with letters rearranged gives 'NEFARIOUS'.

(Other definitions for nefarious that I've seen before include "immoral?" , "Wicked, criminal" , "Very bad" , "Villainous" , "Extremely wicked" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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