Rascal nearly closed paper, swallowing hallucinatory drug (6)
I believe the answer is:
toerag
'rascal nearly' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'closed paper swallowing hallucinatory drug' is the wordplay.
'closed' becomes 'to' (as in a door closed to).
'paper' becomes 'rag' (rag can mean a newspaper).
'swallowing' is an insertion indicator.
'hallucinatory drug' becomes 'E' (ecstasy).
'to'+'rag'='torag'
'torag' enclosing 'e' is 'TOERAG'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for toerag that I've seen before include "Scamp" , "despicable sort" , "Contemptible person (colloq.)" , "contemptible sort" , "Squirt" .)