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Shot hooligan without a fuss (8)

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I believe the answer is:

ballyhoo

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'a fuss' is the definition.
(commotion or excitement)

'shot hooligan without' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'shot' could be 'ball' (ball is a kind of shot) and 'ball' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for ballyhoo that I've seen before include "Hubbub" , "Fuss; noisy publicity" , "Brouhaha" , "Big to-do or advertising campaign" , "Noisy confused situation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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