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Wild boy, married, that hurts wild girl without resistance (6)

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I believe the answer is:

mowgli

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'wild' is the definition.
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'married that hurts wild girl without resistance' is the wordplay.
'married' becomes 'm'.
'that hurts' becomes 'ow!'.
'wild' indicates an anagram.
'without' suggests deleting specific letters.
'resistance' becomes 'r' (electronics abbreviation).
'girl' with 'r' removed is 'gil'.
'gil' with letters rearranged gives 'gli'.
'm'+'ow'+'gli'='MOWGLI'

'boy' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for mowgli that I've seen before include "Jungle Book boy (Kipling)" , "Kipling character" , "Jungle Book 'man-cub'" , "boy reared by wolves" , "The Jungle Book hero" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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