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Silly person, ultimately without intelligence (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

twit

'silly person' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'ultimately without intelligence' is the wordplay.
'ultimately' suggests the final letters.
'intelligence' becomes 'wit' (wit is a kind of intelligence).
The last letter of 'without' is 't'.
't'+'wit'='TWIT'

(Other definitions for twit that I've seen before include "Nincompoop" , "Silly person; tease" , "dunce" , "Blockhead" , "Silly ass" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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