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Squirt? Ne'er-do-well with joke always shunned by Society (5-3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

water-jet

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'society' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'squirt? ne'er-do-well with joke always shunned by' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'squirt?' could be 'jet' ('jet' can be a synonym of 'squirt') and 'jet' is found within the answer.
'with' could be 'w' (abbreviation) and 'w' is present in the answer.
'by' could be 'at' and 'at' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'er' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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