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Act inferior and unruly (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lawless

'unruly' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'act inferior' is the wordplay.
'act' becomes 'law' (law is a kind of act**).
'inferior' becomes 'less' ('less' can be similar in meaning to 'inferior').
'law'+'less'='LAWLESS'

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for lawless that I've seen before include "Ungoverned" , "Slew Sal for being criminal" , "insubordinate" , "Unruly - anarchic" , "Without rules" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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