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Collector quietly taken in by manipulated image (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

magpie

'collector' is the definition.
(magpie is a kind of collector)

'quietly taken in by manipulated image' is the wordplay.
'quietly' becomes 'p' (p for piano and quiet).
'taken in by' is an insertion indicator.
'manipulated' is an anagram indicator.
'image' anagrammed gives 'magie'.
'p' put into 'magie' is 'MAGPIE'.

(Other definitions for magpie that I've seen before include "ring" , "Part of target" , "chatty bird" , "chatterer" , "Long-tailed crow" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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