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Toughly aggressive, but with honour (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

butch

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'toughly aggressive' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'but with honour' is the wordplay.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'honour' becomes 'ch'.
'but'+'ch'='BUTCH'

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(Other definitions for butch that I've seen before include "Aggressively masculine" , "Macho" , "Markedly masculine" , "Tough" , "Acting as a male (colloq.)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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