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Loud American with a pimple worries too much (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fusspot

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'loud american with a pimple worries too much' is the definition.
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'loud american with a pimple' is the wordplay.
'loud' becomes 'f' (short for forte - 'loud' in music).
'american' becomes 'US' (United States).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'a pimple' becomes 'spot' (I've seen this before).
'f'+'us'+'spot'='FUSSPOT'

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(Other definitions for fusspot that I've seen before include "Perfectionist" , "Pernickety person" , "one worrying about trifles" , "One who worries too much" , "Hard-to-please person" .)

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