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New work keeps in Nora Batty's admirer -- and Wally! (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nincompoop

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

'new work keeps in nora batty's admirer' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'new' could be 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament) and 'n' is found in the answer.
'work' could be 'op' (abbreviation for opus) and 'op' is found within the answer.
'in' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'compo' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'and' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for nincompoop that I've seen before include "jerk" , "Twit" , "Foolish person" , "Stupid person" , "dunce" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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