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Ruffian spilling oil on hag (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hooligan

'ruffian' is the definition.
(I know that bully can be written as hooligan)

'spilling oil on hag' is the wordplay.
'spilling' indicates anagramming the letters.
'oil'+'on'+'hag'='oilonhag'
'oilonhag' is an anagram of 'HOOLIGAN'.

(Other definitions for hooligan that I've seen before include "Undesirable" , "A young ruffian" , "Tough" , "Antisocial rough" , "Young rough" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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