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Unruly boy I quell in a roundabout way (9)

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I believe the answer is:

obliquely

'in a roundabout way' is the definition.

'unruly boy i quell' is the wordplay.
'unruly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'boy'+'i'+'quell'='boyiquell'
'boyiquell' anagrammed gives 'OBLIQUELY'.

(Another definition for obliquely that I've seen is " Cross".)

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