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This beastly fellow will never be in a rut! (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

brute

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'this beastly fellow will never' is the definition.
'brute' can be an answer for 'beastly' (brute can mean beastly or brutish). I am not sure about the remainder of the definition.

'be in a rut' is the wordplay.
'be' becomes 'rut' (rutting is a kind of being).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'a rut' becomes 'be' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'rut' going inside 'be' is 'BRUTE'.

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(Other definitions for brute that I've seen before include "Caliban" , "Vicious type" , "Wild animal" , "Cruelly rapacious person" , "Beast - "Et tu ____ !"" .)

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