The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word LADDISH
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More clues leading to the result LADDISH
- Like a boy left with his dad unusually
- West coast beauty will welcome date like
- Woman drops young hunk for being somewhat rowdy
- Typical of the boy – left his dad drunk!
- Woman not quite a hottie? That’s a bit sexist
- Lord cuddling a beauty, displaying blokey tendencies
- Manly scourge lashes reverend individual
- Immature director initially taken in by vision of Hollywood?
- Old actor is hard and boisterous
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The straight part
We know that "displaying blokey tendencies" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case displaying blokey tendencies = laddish.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does LADDISH mean?
LADDISH adjective- Like a stereotypical Jack the lad: boorish, reckless, inclined to binge drinking, etc.