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Appear to relish swallowing a double (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lookalike

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

'appear to relish swallowing a' is the wordplay.
'appear' becomes 'look' ('look' can be a synonym of 'appear'**).
'to relish' becomes 'like' (I've seen this before).
'swallowing' indicates putting letters inside.
'look'+'like'='looklike'
'looklike' going around 'a' is 'LOOKALIKE'.

(Other definitions for lookalike that I've seen before include "twin?" , "Copy" , "Doppelganger" , "Double" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph and The Guardian.
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