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Mischievous journey up Parisian street is entertaining (5)

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I believe the answer is:

rogue

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'mischievous journey up parisian street is entertaining' is the definition.
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'journey up parisian street is entertaining' is the wordplay.
'journey' becomes 'go' (journey means to go or travel).
'up' is a reversal indicator (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'parisian street' becomes 'rue' ('street' in French).
'is entertaining' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'go' backwards is 'og'.
'og' put inside 'rue' is 'ROGUE'.

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(Other definitions for rogue that I've seen before include "Scally" , "Wild animal living apart from herd, say elephant" , "Baddy" , "Prankster" , "Scoundrel, knave" .)

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