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Wild, hit out regularly? Silly (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

idiot

'silly' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'wild hit out regularly?' is the wordplay.
'regularly?' indicates alternate letters (regularly take one letter, leave next etc.).
'wild'+'hit'+'out'='wildhitout'
The alternate letters of 'wildhitout' are 'IDIOT'.

(Other definitions for idiot that I've seen before include "Foolish person" , "Blockhead" , "Stupid person" , "Ignoramus's" , "Simpleton" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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