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Lazy person's pop hit plugged by Adele finally (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

deadbeat

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'lazy person's' is the definition.
'deadbeat' can be an answer for 'person's' (deadbeat is a kind of person). I'm not certain of the 'lazy' bit.

'pop hit plugged by adele finally' is the wordplay.
'pop' becomes 'dad' (both can mean one's father).
'hit' becomes 'beat' (I've seen this in another clue).
'plugged by' means one lot of letters goes inside another (plug can mean to block up a gap).
'finally' suggests the final letters.
The final letter of 'adele' is 'e'.
'dad'+'beat'='dadbeat'
'dadbeat' placed around 'e' is 'DEADBEAT'.

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(Other definitions for deadbeat that I've seen before include "idler" , "Lazy, useless person" , "Exhausted - layabout" , "Bum" , "extremely tired" .)

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