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Scoundrel to go wrong way in Parisian street (5)

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I believe the answer is:

rogue

'scoundrel' is the definition.
(rogue is a kind of scoundrel)

'go wrong way in parisian street' is the wordplay.
'wrong way' says the letters should be written backwards.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'parisian street' becomes 'rue'.
'go' back-to-front is 'og'.
'og' put within 'rue' is 'ROGUE'.

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for rogue that I've seen before include "one behaving atypically" , "Wild animal living apart from herd, say elephant" , "Villain - freak" , "Rascal or reprobate" , "Unprincipled man" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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