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Not quite prim, and a bit fussy? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

prissy

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'fussy?' is the definition.
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'not quite prim and a bit' is the wordplay.
'not quite' means to remove the last letter (most but not all of the word).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a bit' becomes 'ssy' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'prim' with its last letter taken away is 'pri'.
'pri'+'ssy'='PRISSY'

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(Other definitions for prissy that I've seen before include "Prudishly fussy" , "Disliking what is rough or improper" , "Strait-laced" , "Overly prim and proper" , "Fussy and prudish" .)

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