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Comic
character
being
nasty
about
R’n’B
(2,4)
Comic character being nasty about R’n’B (2,4)
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How the clue works
The definition here is Comic character, namely the TV figure Mr Bean. For the wordplay, take MEAN (nasty) and have it go "about" RB (R'n'B with the 'n' standing in for 'and' dropped), so RB sits inside it, giving M, then RB, then EAN.