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Apt closure ruined one taking financial risk (10)

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I believe the answer is:

speculator

'one taking financial risk' is the definition.
(term for an investor)

'apt closure ruined' is the wordplay.
'ruined' indicates an anagram.
'apt'+'closure'='aptclosure'
'aptclosure' anagrammed gives 'SPECULATOR'.

(Other definitions for speculator that I've seen before include "One gambling on the stock exchange" , "better" , "Stock market gambler" , "Investor in stocks, etc" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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