Apparent poverty traps (5)

I believe the answer is:

overt

'apparent' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'poverty traps' is the wordplay.
'traps' indicates a hidden word (the answer is 'trapped' somewhere in the clue).
'OVERT' is hidden within 'poverty'.

(Other definitions for overt that I've seen before include "Open,up front" , "Voter (anag.)" , "Openly displayed" , "Not concealed - public" , "Open and candid" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times, The Sun and The Telegraph.

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