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Halle Berry makes brief comeback in Maverick (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rebel

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'maverick' is the definition.
(I know that maverick can be written as rebel)

'halle berry makes brief comeback' is the wordplay.
'REBEL' is hidden backwards in amongst the letters.
However, I am not sure how the hidden word is indicated.

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for rebel that I've seen before include "One rising in opposition" , "Mutineer or dissenter" , "Insurgent, renegade" , "Rise up - dissent" , "One who opposes the powerful" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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