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Mobile phone ring right for loser (2-5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

no-hoper

'loser' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'mobile phone ring right' is the wordplay.
'mobile' indicates anagramming the letters.
'ring' becomes 'o'.
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'phone'+'o'='phoneo'
'phoneo' with letters rearranged gives 'nohope'.
'nohope'+'r'='NO-HOPER'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for no-hoper that I've seen before include "definite loser" , "One has nil chance of success" , "One unlikely to succeed" , "Lost cause" , "Person not expected to be successful" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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