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Charlatan in Post Office regrets returning (6)

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I believe the answer is:

poseur

'charlatan' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'post office regrets returning' is the wordplay.
'post office' becomes 'po' (abbreviation).
'regrets' becomes 'rues' ('rue' can be a synonym of 'regret').
'returning' is a reversal indicator.
'rues' reversed gives 'seur'.
'po'+'seur'='POSEUR'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for poseur that I've seen before include "Person habitually pretending to be something he is not" , "Insincere show-off" , "Pretentious type" , "Pretentious person" , "One who strikes attitudes, a phoney" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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