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Caught in dodgy deal with share statement (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

declaration

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'statement' is the definition.
(declaration is a kind of statement)

'caught in dodgy deal with share' is the wordplay.
'caught' becomes 'c' (cricket abbreviation).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'dodgy deal' becomes 'dela' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'share' becomes 'ration' (ration is a kind of share).
'c' going within 'dela' is 'decla'.
'decla'+'ration'='DECLARATION'

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(Other definitions for declaration that I've seen before include "profession" , "Pronouncement" , "Formal announcement" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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