Tough guy creating drama in the outskirts of Hendon (4,3)
I believe the answer is:
hard man
'tough guy' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'creating drama in the outskirts of hendon' is the wordplay.
'creating' indicates an anagram.
'in the' indicates putting letters inside.
'outskirts of' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters) (only letters on the outskirts).
'hendon' with its centre taken out is 'hn'.
'drama' with letters rearranged gives 'ardma'.
'ardma' placed within 'hn' is 'HARD MAN'.
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