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Uneducated thug - a nut, crazy (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

untaught

'uneducated' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'thug a nut crazy' is the wordplay.
'crazy' is an anagram indicator.
'thug'+'a'+'nut'='thuganut'
'thuganut' is an anagram of 'UNTAUGHT'.

(Other definitions for untaught that I've seen before include "Not tutored or instructed" , "Not acquired by education" , "having learnt nothing?" , "excluded from class?" , "spontaneous" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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