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Contrary lad with personal problem? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

yobbo

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'contrary lad with personal problem?' is the definition.
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'contrary lad with personal problem?' is the wordplay.
'contrary' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'lad' becomes 'boy' (I've seen this before).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'personal problem?' becomes 'bo' (informal abbreviation for body odour).
'boy' in reverse letter order is 'yob'.
'yob'+'bo'='YOBBO'

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(Other definitions for yobbo that I've seen before include "Surly youth" , "Hooligan" , "Thug" , "Tough bloke" , "Lout" .)

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