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Benefit from a disguise, it's said (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

avail

'benefit from' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'a disguise it's said' is the wordplay.
'disguise' becomes 'veil' (I've seen this before).
'it's said' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'veil' sounds like 'vail'.
'a'+'vail'='AVAIL'

(Other definitions for avail that I've seen before include "Provide help; profit" , "See 3" , "Be of value to" , "Be of service to" , "Be of help or advantage" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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