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Fair rental, I conceded, is different, not identical (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fraternal

'not identical' is the definition.
('fraternal' is the opposite to 'identical')

'fair rental i conceded is different' is the wordplay.
'conceded' suggests deleting specific letters (concede can mean to give up).
'is different' is an anagram indicator (letters placed in a different order).
'fair'+'rental'='fairrental'
'fairrental' with 'i' removed is 'farrental'.
'farrental' is an anagram of 'FRATERNAL'.

(Other definitions for fraternal that I've seen before include "Affectionate like brothers" , "from an association" , "Brotherly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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