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Unruly girl and others around unruly boy returned (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ladette

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'unruly girl' is the definition.
(term for a laddish or boisterous young woman)

'and others around unruly boy returned' is the wordplay.
'and others' becomes 'etal' (short for 'et alia', 'and others' in Latin).
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'unruly boy' becomes 'ted' (short for Edward or Theodore. I am not sure about the 'unruly' bit.).
'returned' says the letters should be written backwards.
'etal' going around 'ted' is 'ettedal'.
'ettedal' reversed gives 'LADETTE'.

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(Other definitions for ladette that I've seen before include "lively girl" , "binge-drinker" , "Tomboy" , "badly behaved girl" , "irl, a lager lout" .)

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