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Heartless pranks on pensioner one picked on (3,4)

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I believe the answer is:

joe soap

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'one picked on' is the definition.
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'heartless pranks on pensioner' is the wordplay.
'heartless' suggests removing the centre.
'pranks' becomes 'jokes' ('joke' can be a synonym of 'prank').
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'pensioner' becomes 'oap'.
'jokes' with its centre taken out is 'joes'.
'joes'+'oap'='JOE SOAP'

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(Other definitions for joe soap that I've seen before include "scapegoat" , "He's just an ordinary man - but clean?" , "dopey sort" , "One saddled with nasty work" , "Fellow" .)

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