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Country folk truss liar up (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ruralists

'country folk' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'truss liar up' is the wordplay.
'up' is an anagram indicator (letters get chucked up).
'truss'+'liar'='trussliar'
'trussliar' anagrammed gives 'RURALISTS'.

(Another definition for ruralists that I've seen is " Country folk".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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