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Back rents, maybe (5)

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I believe the answer is:

stern

'back' is the definition.
(stern is a kind of back)

'rents maybe' is the wordplay.
'maybe' indicates anagramming the letters.
'rents' is an anagram of 'STERN'.

(Other definitions for stern that I've seen before include "Authoritarian, back" , "Old star" , "Rents out at rear of boat" , "Forbidding in aspect" , "Looking severe" .)

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