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Furious to get taken in by crook and deceived (7,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cheated on

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

'furious to get taken in by crook' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'furious' could be 'heated' (I've seen this before) and 'heated' is found in the answer.
'crook' could be 'con' and 'con' is present in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'and' is the link.

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(Another definition for cheated on that I've seen is " Betrayed".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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