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Unscrupulous fellow, like Billy Bunter? (4,3)

Ross

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wide boy

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(Other definitions for wide boy that I've seen before include "Spiv" , "A rather unscrupulous person" , "petty young criminal" , "Tweedledum, for instance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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