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Hoodlum rants: egg thrown (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gangster

'hoodlum' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'rants egg thrown' is the wordplay.
'thrown' is an anagram indicator.
'rants'+'egg'='rantsegg'
'rantsegg' is an anagram of 'GANGSTER'.

(Other definitions for gangster that I've seen before include "Villain" , "Member of a band of criminals" , "Crook" , "Soprano possibly" , "Gun-toting mob member" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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