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Maybe Brummie lad badly nursed by nanny (9)

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I believe the answer is:

midlander

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

'lad badly nursed by nanny' is the wordplay.
'badly' indicates anagramming the letters (letters in the wrong order).
'nursed by' indicates putting letters inside.
'nanny' becomes 'minder' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'lad' with letters rearranged gives 'dla'.
'dla' placed inside 'minder' is 'MIDLANDER'.

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