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Fault seen in the German male who wanders aimlessly? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

drifter

'who wanders aimlessly?' is the definition.
(a drifter wanders around)

'fault seen in the german male' is the wordplay.
'fault' becomes 'rift' (as in a fault line).
'seen in' is an insertion indicator.
'the german male' becomes 'der' (masculine form of 'the' in German).
'rift' placed inside 'der' is 'DRIFTER'.

(Other definitions for drifter that I've seen before include "Ship - a tramp, possibly" , "Fishing boat; nomad" , "Itinerant type" , "Vagrant - fishing boat" , "Fishing boat; wanderer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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