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Is their behaviour revolting? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rioters

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'is their' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'behaviour revolting?' is the wordplay.
'behaviour' becomes 'riot' (I have seen 'Rowdy behaviour ' mean 'riot' so perhaps 'behaviour' could also mean 'riot').
'revolting?' becomes 'ers' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'riot'+'ers'='RIOTERS'

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(Other definitions for rioters that I've seen before include "Violent troublemakers" , "Rabble-rousers" , "They disturb the peace" , "Demonstrators" , "Crowd disturbing the peace" .)

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