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Deceived G-man interrupted by a beefy brute (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

foxed

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'deceived' is the definition.
(foxing is a kind of deceiving)

'g-man interrupted by a beefy brute' is the wordplay.
'g-man' becomes 'fed' (I've seen this in another clue).
'interrupted by' indicates putting letters inside.
'a beefy brute' becomes 'ox' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'fed' enclosing 'ox' is 'FOXED'.

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(Other definitions for foxed that I've seen before include "Baffled" , "a bit off-colour" , "Deceived in vulpine manner" .)

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