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One hanging around is left in peril (7)

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I believe the answer is:

dangler

'one hanging around' is the definition.

'left in peril' is the wordplay.
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'peril' becomes 'danger' ('danger' can be a synonym of 'peril').
'l' put inside 'danger' is 'DANGLER'.

'is' acts as a link.

(Another definition for dangler that I've seen is " One suspending".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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