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Bounder in court, believed to box occasionally (8)

Ross

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kangaroo

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'bounder' is the definition.
(animal which bounds around)

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(Other definitions for kangaroo that I've seen before include "Marsupial from down-under" , "Native marsupial Down Under" , "Progress with poor clutch control" , "Leaping marsupial" , "Marsupial that boxes" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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