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Heartless lad grabs single bunk (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

baloney

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'bunk' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'heartless lad grabs single' is the wordplay.
'heartless lad' becomes 'bay' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'grabs' indicates putting letters inside.
'single' becomes 'lone' (synonyms).
'bay' enclosing 'lone' is 'BALONEY'.

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(Other definitions for baloney that I've seen before include "Tripe < , smoked sausage" , "foolish talk!" , "Tosh" , "rhubarb" , "Nonsense; lean yob (anag)" .)

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