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Impudent person finally faces whip (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

squirt

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'impudent person' is the definition.
'squirt' can be an answer for 'person' (squirt is a kind of person). I'm not certain of the 'impudent' bit.

'finally faces whip' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'whip' could be 'quirt' (quirt is a kind of whip) and 'quirt' is found in the answer.
A single letter 's' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for squirt that I've seen before include "Short emission" , "Gush out" , "Jet of liquid or unimportant person in slang" , "Force liquid out - short or contemptible person" , "Spurt, jet" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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