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Malicious fun with result not producing calm (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

unrestful

'not producing calm' is the definition.

'malicious fun with result' is the wordplay.
'malicious' indicates an anagram.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'fun' after 'result' is 'resultfun'.
'resultfun' anagrammed gives 'UNRESTFUL'.

(Another definition for unrestful that I've seen is " Nerve-racking".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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