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Child upset about wild wanderers (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nomads

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'wanderers' is the definition.
(nomad is a kind of wanderer)

'child upset about wild' is the wordplay.
'child upset' becomes 'nos' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'wild' becomes 'mad' (similar in meaning).
'nos' going around 'mad' is 'NOMADS'.

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(Other definitions for nomads that I've seen before include "Damson for wandering tribes" , "Wandering people, roaming tribes" , "They travel all year round" , "Gypsies" , "Vagrant peoples" .)

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