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Fraud pattern, deliberate (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

contemplate

'deliberate' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'fraud pattern' is the wordplay.
'fraud' becomes 'con' (con is a kind of fraud).
'pattern' becomes 'template' (I've seen this before).
'con'+'template'='CONTEMPLATE'

(Other definitions for contemplate that I've seen before include "Consider" , "Intend" , "Look at thoughtfully" , "Ruminate on" , "Ponder" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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