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Back from nightspot, walk unsteadily? Rubbish (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

twaddle

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'unsteadily? rubbish' is the definition.
'twaddle' can be an answer for 'rubbish' (both can mean nonsense). I am unsure of the 'unsteadily?' bit.

'back from nightspot walk' is the wordplay.
'back from' suggests the final letters (the letter at the back of the word).
'walk' becomes 'waddle' (waddling is a kind of walking).
The last letter of 'nightspot' is 't'.
't'+'waddle'='TWADDLE'

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(Other definitions for twaddle that I've seen before include "tripe" , "bunk" , "Foolish speech/writing" , "Stuff and nonsense" , "Trivial/foolish speech" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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