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Salacious old boy, part of act on stage (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

obscene

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'salacious' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'old boy part of act on stage' is the wordplay.
'old boy' becomes 'OB' (abbreviation for a private school 'old boy').
'part of act on stage' becomes 'scene' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ob'+'scene'='OBSCENE'

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(Other definitions for obscene that I've seen before include "Shocking" , "X-rated" , "One's CBE (anag)" , "offending sensibilities?" , "Morally offensive, disgusting" .)

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