The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word INFAMY
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More clues leading to the result INFAMY
- Very favoured by clan not wanting the Italian notoriety
- Disgrace among footballers, well I never
- At home with relatives, I left covered in disgrace
- Shame main performance involves female unknown
- Trendy female confronts a setter’s notoriety
- Where they’ve all got it, says paranoid notoriety
- Reduced intelligence, a property of Cyclops – shame!
- Bad reputation among relations, apart from one Liberal
- In footballers, goodness and evil
- Bad reputation of Indian lady followed by confused May
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The straight part
We know that "evil" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case evil = infamy.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does INFAMY mean?
INFAMY noun- The state of being infamous.
- A reputation as being evil.
- A reprehensible occurrence or situation.
- A stigma attaching to a person's character that disqualifies them from being a witness.