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Disorderly Irish sort often in pub (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

irregular

'disorderly' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'irish sort often in pub' is the wordplay.
'irish' becomes 'IR' (abbreviation).
'sort often in pub' becomes 'regular' (regular visitor to a pub).
'ir'+'regular'='IRREGULAR'

(Other definitions for irregular that I've seen before include "Against the rules" , "unprincipled" , "Not even or balanced" , "one of Holmes's Baker Street urchins" , "unlike full-time soldiers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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