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Agent displaying the odds of Burberry receiving fine (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

broker

'agent' is the definition.
(I know that agent can be written as broker)

'the odds of burberry receiving fine' is the wordplay.
'the odds of' means one should take alternating letters (the letters in odd-numbered positions are used).
'receiving' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'fine' becomes 'ok' (synonyms).
The alternating letters of 'burberry' are 'brer'.
'brer' placed around 'ok' is 'BROKER'.

'displaying' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for broker that I've seen before include "One acts as an agent for others in buying and selling" , "Agent paid by commission" , "intermediary" , "See 7" , "He buys and sells for others - say stocks" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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