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Fur, new, taken dishonestly (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stolen

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

'fur new' is the wordplay.
'fur' becomes 'stole' (I've seen this in another clue).
'new' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament).
'stole'+'n'='STOLEN'

(Other definitions for stolen that I've seen before include "` `The ... Child' ' (Yeats)" , "Goods that have been taken dishonestly" , "Snatched" , "plagiarised?" , "Taken by thieves" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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