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Rambling hesitation and bluster (6)

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I believe the answer is:

errant

'rambling' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'hesitation and bluster' is the wordplay.
'hesitation' becomes 'er' (sound made while hesitating - um, er).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'bluster' becomes 'rant' (I've seen this in another clue).
'er'+'rant'='ERRANT'

(Other definitions for errant that I've seen before include "heretical?" , "Behaving badly" , "Quixotic" , "Roving" , "like Don Quixote?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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