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Hardly a crazy vagrant (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nomad

'vagrant' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'hardly a crazy' is the wordplay.
'hardly' becomes 'no' (eg 'hardly a meal' means 'not a meal' or 'no meal').
'a crazy' becomes 'mad' (I've seen this before).
'no'+'mad'='NOMAD'

(Other definitions for nomad that I've seen before include "Itinerant" , "A member of a wandering tribe" , "someone who can't settle" , "Rover" , "Damon (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror and The Daily Express.
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