"God is tripartite" confused one trying to mislead his audience (15)

I believe the answer is:

prestidigitator

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'one trying to mislead his audience' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'god is tripartite confused' is the wordplay.
'confused' is an anagram indicator.
'god'+'is'+'tripartite'='godistripartite'
'godistripartite' anagrammed gives 'PRESTIDIGITATOR'.

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(Other definitions for prestidigitator that I've seen before include "Entertainer" , "Illusionist" , "Tricky performer" , "Conjuror" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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