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Ruffian provides company online (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

yahoo

I believe this clue is a double definition.

'ruffian' is the first definition.
(thesaurus)

'company online' is the second definition.
(Yahoo! is an internet company)

'provides' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for yahoo that I've seen before include "[WHOOPEE] !" , "Boorish louts" , "Lout, boorish person" , "Human-looking beast in Gulliver's Travels: search engine conglomerate" , "A Swiftian lout" .)

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