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Fly niggled badly after laugh (4,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hang glide

'fly' is the definition.
(I know that hang glide is a more specific form of the action fly)

'niggled badly after laugh' is the wordplay.
'badly' indicates anagramming the letters (letters in the wrong order).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'laugh' becomes 'ha'.
'niggled' anagrammed gives 'ngglide'.
'ngglide' after 'ha' is 'HANG-GLIDE'.

(Another definition for hang glide that I've seen is " Lacking power, fly".)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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