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Work on curtailed investigation gets one into curious disgrace (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

opprobrium

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'disgrace' is the definition.
(I know that opprobrium is a type of disgrace)

'work on curtailed investigation gets one into curious' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'work' could be 'op' (common abbreviation for 'opus') and 'op' is present in the answer.
'one' could be 'i' (Roman numeral) and 'i' is found in the answer.
'curious' could be 'rum' (synonyms) and 'rum' is present in the leftover letters.
The remaining letters 'prob' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for opprobrium that I've seen before include "scandal, perhaps" , "Censure" , "Obloquy" , "State, cause, of disgrace" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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