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Fat young man getting right inside (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lard

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'fat' is the definition.
(I know that lard is a type of edible fats and oils)

'young man getting right inside' is the wordplay.
'young man' becomes 'lad' (lad can mean a boy or young man).
'getting right' becomes 'r' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'inside' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'lad' going around 'r' is 'LARD'.

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(Other definitions for lard that I've seen before include "Animal fat" , "Pork fat" , "Soft white semisolid fat" , "F [FAT]" , "Fat Scottish landowner appears disheartened" .)

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