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What sleazeball can give people? Respect, he snarled (3,6)

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I believe the answer is:

the creeps

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'what sleazeball can give people?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'respect he snarled' is the wordplay.
'snarled' indicates an anagram (to snarl can mean to entangle or twist).
'respect'+'he'='respecthe'
'respecthe' with letters rearranged gives 'THE CREEPS'.

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(Other definitions for the creeps that I've seen before include "Unease" , "uneasy feeling" .)

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