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Unruly individual crude after drink? Indeed! (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tearaway

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'unruly individual' is the definition.
'tearaway' can be an answer for 'individual' (tearaway is a kind of individual). I'm not sure about the 'unruly' bit.

'crude after drink? indeed' is the wordplay.
'crude' becomes 'raw' (synonyms).
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'drink?' becomes 'tea' (tea is a drink).
'indeed' becomes 'ay' (both can mean yes).
'raw' put after 'tea' is 'tearaw'.
'tearaw'+'ay'='TEARAWAY'

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(Other definitions for tearaway that I've seen before include "Unruly, impetuous person" , "Reckless and impetuous person" , "Hothead" , "reckless type" , "unruly character" .)

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