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Bluff from fortune-teller taking in husband (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sheer

'bluff' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'fortune-teller taking in husband' is the wordplay.
'fortune-teller' becomes 'seer' (I've seen this before).
'taking in' is an insertion indicator.
'husband' becomes 'h'.
'seer' going around 'h' is 'SHEER'.

'from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for sheer that I've seen before include "Plumb" , "avoid an unpleasant thing" , "Very thin as in ladies' stockings" , "Absolutely - fine - straight up" , "Absolute - precipitous" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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