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Naughty drivers close to boundary (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

racy

'naughty' is the definition.
('racy' can be a synonym of 'naughty')

'drivers close to boundary' is the wordplay.
'drivers' becomes 'rac' (I've seen this in other clues).
'close to' says to take the final letters (the close/ending of).
The final letter of 'boundary' is 'y'.
'rac'+'y'='RACY'

(Other definitions for racy that I've seen before include "bawdy quality" , "Suggestive, risque" , "rather blue" , "Slightly indecent" , "Sexually suggestive" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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