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Cheat deviously and inform (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

teach

'inform' is the definition.
(teaching is a kind of informing)

'cheat deviously' is the wordplay.
'deviously' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'cheat' with letters rearranged gives 'TEACH'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for teach that I've seen before include "Impart skills or 3 down" , "Educate 4 across" , "Provide learning to" , "Convey knowledge to students" , "train" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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