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The head of this old English newspaper is a slimeball (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

toerag

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'a slimeball' is the definition.
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'the head of this old english newspaper' is the wordplay.
'head of' says to take the initial letters.
'this old english' becomes 'oe'.
'newspaper' becomes 'rag' (informal term for a newspaper).
The initial letter of 'the' is 't'.
't'+'oe'+'rag'='TOERAG'

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(Other definitions for toerag that I've seen before include "Despicable chap" , "despicable sort" , "Despicable person (slang)" , "Scamp" , "contemptible sort" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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