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5dn Standards judges imposed on so-called Communist (10) b????????k? also 13dn Aggressive campaign, becoming nasty in anotehr part of speech (10) ???i???i??

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Thank you Ixion!

13 is offensive.

Thank you Chald.

is offensive a side clue or an answer because it doesn't make sense to me

looks OK to me Tonyw.

offensive as in miltary campaign, attack is best form of defence sort of thing...and...

nasty...........speech = being aggressively rude,etc - offence.

simple double meaning really.

Am I being stupid or did not sally say 10 letters
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Yes, a simple double meaning. A noun and an adjective.

I did the Times cryptic earlier and the answer is offensive, nine letters.