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Foolishly presenting pearl to investor (8,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sleeping partner

'investor' is the definition.
(type of investor)

'foolishly presenting pearl' is the wordplay.
'foolishly' indicates an anagram.
'presenting'+'pearl'='presentingpearl'
'presentingpearl' is an anagram of 'SLEEPING PARTNER'.

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for sleeping partner that I've seen before include "silent in company?" , "Inactive business associate" , "One not known" , "A capital provider" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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