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Social difficulty with mum and boy meeting decent chaps taking time (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

maladjustment

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'social difficulty' is the definition.

'meeting decent chaps taking time' is the wordplay.
'meeting' becomes 'malad' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'decent' becomes 'just'.
'chaps' becomes 'men' (I've seen this before).
'taking' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'time' becomes 't'.
'malad'+'just'+'men'+'t'='MALADJUSTMENT'

'with mum and boy' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for maladjustment that I've seen before include "Psychological inability to fit in" , "Disturbance, alienation" , "Alienation from one's environment" , "Inability to cope with a normal environment" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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