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Being flexible, I'll get drawn into scheme by vacuous celebrity (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pliancy

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'being flexible i'll' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'drawn into scheme by vacuous celebrity' is the wordplay.
'drawn' becomes 'i' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'into' is an insertion indicator.
'scheme' becomes 'plan' (I've seen this before).
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'vacuous' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'celebrity' with its centre removed is 'cy'.
'i' put within 'plan' is 'plian'.
'plian'+'cy'='PLIANCY'

'get' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for pliancy that I've seen before include "flexibility" , "give?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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