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Awful bile assessed and set free (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

liberated

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'set free' is the definition.
'liberated' can be an answer for 'free' (I've seen this before). I am not sure about the 'set' bit.

'awful bile assessed' is the wordplay.
'awful' indicates an anagram.
'assessed' becomes 'rated' (rating is a kind of assessing).
'bile' with letters rearranged gives 'libe'.
'libe'+'rated'='LIBERATED'

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for liberated that I've seen before include "Freed from social conventions" , "Emancipated" , "let loose" , "Free" , "Having stolen" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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