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Spiv with an off-target youth? (4,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wide boy

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

'with an off-target youth?' is the wordplay.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'an off-target' becomes 'wide' (I've seen this in another clue).
'youth?' becomes 'boy' (male youth).
'wide' put next to 'boy' is 'WIDE-BOY'.

(Other definitions for wide boy that I've seen before include "petty young criminal" , "A rather unscrupulous person" , "Spiv" , "Tweedledum, for instance" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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