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Miscreant dragging no-good prude into false religion? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

culprit

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'miscreant dragging' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'no-good prude into false religion?' is the wordplay.
'no' suggests deleting specific letters.
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'prude' becomes 'prig' (I've seen this in another clue).
'into' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'false religion?' becomes 'cult' (I've seen this before).
'prig' placed inside 'cult' is 'culprigt'.
'culprigt' with 'g' taken out is 'CULPRIT'.

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(Other definitions for culprit that I've seen before include "Perpetrator of a wrongdoing" , "The person to blame, the guilty one" , "The one responsible for a crime" , "baddie" , "one awaiting trial" .)

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