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Boy who never finishes playing? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gamin

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'boy' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'never finishes playing?' is the wordplay.
'never finishes' becomes 'gam' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'playing?' becomes 'in'.
'gam'+'in'='GAMIN'

'who' is the link.

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(Other definitions for gamin that I've seen before include "Little devil" , "stray" , "Ragged child" , "Waif" , "Street urchin or impudent child" .)

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