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Rude man badly lacking means of defence (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

unarmed

'lacking means of defence' is the definition.
(having no weapons)

'rude man badly' is the wordplay.
'badly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'rude'+'man'='rudeman'
'rudeman' with letters rearranged gives 'UNARMED'.

(Other definitions for unarmed that I've seen before include "Not able to go into battle" , "Type of combat" , "Like Venus de Milo" , "Having no means of defence" , "Maunder along without weapons" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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