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Offensive lout hangs about (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

onslaught

'offensive' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'lout hangs about' is the wordplay.
'about' indicates anagramming the letters.
'lout'+'hangs'='louthangs'
'louthangs' with letters rearranged gives 'ONSLAUGHT'.

(Other definitions for onslaught that I've seen before include "Violent attack" , "Destructive attack" , "Aggressive action" , "Hunt goals (anag) - offensive" , "Assault" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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