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Counter-informant (6)

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teller

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(Other definitions for teller that I've seen before include "Bank cashier or narrator of story" , "Bank official or narrator" , "Edward ---, physicist; vote-counter" , "Counter of votes or a bank employee" , "Bank official to narrate the story" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail and The Guardian.
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