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Assessor breaks a rule after five (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

valuer

'assessor' is the definition.
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'breaks a rule after five' is the wordplay.
'breaks' indicates anagramming the letters.
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'five' becomes 'v' (roman numeral).
'a'+'rule'='arule'
'arule' with letters rearranged gives 'aluer'.
'aluer' put after 'v' is 'VALUER'.

(Other definitions for valuer that I've seen before include "Assessor of the worth of things" , "A professional assessor of commercial worth" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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