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Be a dick, hustle vagrant (6)

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I believe the answer is:

sleuth

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'be a dick' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how they can define each other.

'hustle vagrant' is the wordplay.
'vagrant' indicates anagramming the letters (vagrant can mean wandering around).
'hustle' is an anagram of 'SLEUTH'.

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(Other definitions for sleuth that I've seen before include "Hustle like detective (6)" , "See detective" , "Hustle (anag)" , "Gumshoe" , "Sherlock Holmes, for example" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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