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Artful nude, terribly dishonest (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fraudulent

'dishonest' is the definition.
('fraudulent' can be similar in meaning to 'dishonest')

'artful nude terribly' is the wordplay.
'terribly' indicates an anagram.
'artful'+'nude'='artfulnude'
'artfulnude' with letters rearranged gives 'FRAUDULENT'.

(Other definitions for fraudulent that I've seen before include "dishonest" , "Intended to deceive" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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