He deals openly with his clients (6,6)

I believe the answer is:

street trader

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'deals openly with his clients' is the definition.
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'he' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'he' could be 'rad' and 'rad' is found in the answer.
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(Another definition for street trader that I've seen is " Eg, costermonger, barrow boy".)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.

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