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Person turning up ruined teen date (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

attendee

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'person turning up' is the definition.
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'ruined teen date' is the wordplay.
'ruined' is an anagram indicator.
'teen'+'date'='teendate'
'teendate' anagrammed gives 'ATTENDEE'.

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(Other definitions for attendee that I've seen before include "One shows up" , "Someone who is here" , "Person who is present at an event" , "Conference participant" , "One going to, eg, conference" .)

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