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Devilish fifth grade male disrupts teacher in charge (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

demonic

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'devilish' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'teacher in charge' is the wordplay.
'teacher' becomes 'demon' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'in charge' becomes 'ic' (abbreviation for 'in charge').
'demon'+'ic'='DEMONIC'

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(Other definitions for demonic that I've seen before include "Furious" , "Cruel like the devil" , "Fiendish or satanic" , "Dime con (anag.)" , "Wicked" .)

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