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An adolescent male dressed at last in rubber? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aladdin

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'rubber?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'an adolescent male dressed at last in' is the wordplay.
'an' becomes 'a'.
'adolescent male' becomes 'lad' (lad is a kind of male. I am not sure about the 'adolescent' bit.).
'at last' indicates one should take the final letters.
The last letter of 'dressed' is 'd'.
'a'+'lad'+'d'+'in'='ALADDIN'

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(Other definitions for aladdin that I've seen before include "Light rubber" , "And dial up the owner of a magic lamp" , "Panto character with magic lamp (7)" , "Finder of magic lamp in Arabian tale" , "Fictional owner of a magic lamp" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun and The Telegraph.
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