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Like that? George into those ruffians? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

thugs

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

'like that? george into' is the wordplay.
'like that?' becomes 'thus' (I've seen this before).
'george' becomes 'g'.
'into' indicates putting letters inside.
'thus' placed around 'g' is 'THUGS'.

'those' acts as a link.
This may not be right. It may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Another definition for thugs that I've seen is " Ruffians".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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