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Old boy has itch to be 'not square' (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oblong

'not square' is the definition.

'old boy has itch' is the wordplay.
'old boy' becomes 'ob'.
'has' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'itch' becomes 'long'.
'ob'+'long'='OBLONG'

'to be' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for oblong that I've seen before include "book form?" , "Rectangle with adjacent sides unequal" , "Log on B (anag.)" , "Cab" , "Roughly rectangular" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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