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Joint that is primarily raunchy and more disreputable (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

seamier

'more disreputable' is the definition.
('seamy' can be similar in meaning to 'disreputable')

'joint that is primarily raunchy' is the wordplay.
'joint' becomes 'seam' (seam is a kind of joint).
'that is' becomes 'ie' (synonyms).
'primarily' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letter of 'raunchy' is 'r'.
'seam'+'ie'+'r'='SEAMIER'

'and' is the link.

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