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Cheat doubly to get US apartment (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

condo

'us apartment' is the definition.
(type of US apartment)

'cheat doubly' is the wordplay.
'cheat' becomes 'con' (con is a kind of cheat).
'doubly' becomes 'do' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'con'+'do'='CONDO'

'to get' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for condo that I've seen before include "accommodation out west" , "American apartment" , "Apartment in North America" , "flat" , "apartment block in Toronto" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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