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Deal in strange contradiction (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

denial

'contradiction' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'deal in strange' is the wordplay.
'strange' indicates anagramming the letters.
'deal'+'in'='dealin'
'dealin' is an anagram of 'DENIAL'.

(Other definitions for denial that I've seen before include "Negation" , "Refusal to acknowledge" , "Refusal to believe an unacceptable truth" , "Declaration that something is untrue" , "Act of asserting that something alleged is not true" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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