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Bogey fault west of Paddington? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bugbear

'bogey' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'fault west of paddington?' is the wordplay.
'fault' becomes 'bug' (bug is a kind of fault).
'west of' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'paddington?' becomes 'bear' (Paddington Bear is an example).
'bug'+'bear'='BUGBEAR'

(Other definitions for bugbear that I've seen before include "Cause of annoyance, fear" , "Cause of great distress" , "Nasty goblin - cause of fear" , "Nuisance" , "It causes obsessive fear" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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