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On the border a month of malicious damage (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mayhem

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'malicious damage' is the definition.
'mayhem' can be an answer for 'damage' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'malicious' bit.

'on the border a month' is the wordplay.
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the border' becomes 'hem' (I've seen this before).
'a month' becomes 'may' (May is an example).
'hem' put after 'may' is 'MAYHEM'.

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for mayhem that I've seen before include "Violent damage, chaos" , "Chaos, violent disorder" , "State of great confusion and disorder" , "Havoc - chaos" , "Chaos, confusion, destruction" .)

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