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Cite fair play as subtle deception (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

artifice

'subtle deception' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'cite fair play' is the wordplay.
'play' indicates anagramming the letters.
'cite'+'fair'='citefair'
'citefair' with letters rearranged gives 'ARTIFICE'.

'as' is the link.

(Other definitions for artifice that I've seen before include "Crafty deception or stratagem" , "Deceptive manoeuvre, ruse" , "BRICK/TRICK" , "Clever trickery" , "skilful deception" .)

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