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Idiot born with a certain effervescence (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bonehead

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'idiot' is the definition.
(both can mean a stupid person)

'born with a certain effervescence' is the wordplay.
'born' becomes 'b' (common abbreviation).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a' becomes 'one'.
'certain effervescence' becomes 'head' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'b'+'one'+'head'='BONEHEAD'

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(Other definitions for bonehead that I've seen before include "Stupid person with ossified cranium" , "Idiot" , "Stupid person with ossified brain" , "stupid leader" , "dope" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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