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Unlikely to approve of horseplay (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stern

(Other definitions for stern that I've seen before include "Grave; rear" , "Forbidding, austere" , "Dour" , "Severe part of the ship?" , "Unyielding part of the ship" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times.
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