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Possibly dubious bachelor request left in bottom of file (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

borderline

'possibly dubious' is the definition.
(borderline can mean dubious or unclear)

'bachelor request left in bottom of file' is the wordplay.
'bachelor' becomes 'B' (abbreviation e.g. BA=Bachelor of Arts).
'request' becomes 'order' (an order is a request from someone in authority).
'left in bottom of file' becomes 'line' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'b'+'order'+'line'='BORDERLINE'

(Other definitions for borderline that I've seen before include "barely acceptable" , "Boundary" , "frontier" , "Marginal n" , "divides countries" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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