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Guide to live with a cheat (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

beacon

'guide' is the definition.
(beaconing is a kind of guiding)

'live with a cheat' is the wordplay.
'live' becomes 'be' (synonyms).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'cheat' becomes 'con' (con is a kind of cheat).
'be'+'a'+'con'='BEACON'

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for beacon that I've seen before include "Hill fire seen from a distance" , "Raised signal fire or light" , "Directional transmitter" , "Signal fire - transmitter" , "Signal light on hill" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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