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Wet, woolly-headed little devil (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wimp

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'wet' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'woolly-headed little devil' is the wordplay.
'woolly-headed' becomes 'w' (this might be a standard abbreviation I've not previously seen).
'little devil' becomes 'imp' (an imp is a little demon).
'w'+'imp'='WIMP'

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(Other definitions for wimp that I've seen before include "Feeble individual" , "Weak-willed person" , "Ineffective type" , "doormat?" , "Informally, an ineffectual man" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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