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Wild and naughty and on a bed? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

abandoned

'wild' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'naughty and on a bed?' is the wordplay.
'naughty' indicates an anagram.
'and'+'on'+'a'+'bed'='andonabed'
'andonabed' anagrammed gives 'ABANDONED'.

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for abandoned that I've seen before include "Forsook, left behind" , "Left - dissolute" , "lacking in self-control" , "Left desolate or empty" , "Left in the lurch, forsaken" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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