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American swinger a liar ties up (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aerialist

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'american swinger' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'a liar ties up' is the wordplay.
'up' indicates anagramming the letters (letters get chucked up).
'liar'+'ties'='liarties'
'liarties' anagrammed gives 'erialist'.
'a'+'erialist'='AERIALIST'

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(Other definitions for aerialist that I've seen before include "Highly-regarded performer" , "Trapeze acrobat" , "trapeze artist" , "skier" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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