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After victory, cricketer Marsh almost turns into a salesman (6)

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I believe the answer is:

vendor

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'marsh almost turns into a salesman' is the definition.
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'after victory cricketer' is the wordplay.
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'victory' becomes 'v'.
'cricketer' becomes 'endor' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'v' next to 'endor' is 'VENDOR'.

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(Other definitions for vendor that I've seen before include "A Latin seller" , "Salesperson" , "Person selling" , "who does business?" , "Seller, trader (O, not E)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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