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I'd have one to put up with the fool (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

idiot

'the fool' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'i'd have one to put up' is the wordplay.
'have' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'put up' says the letters should be written backwards.
'to' written backwards gives 'ot'.
'id'+'i'+'ot'='IDIOT'

'with' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for idiot that I've seen before include "Dunce" , "eg Dostoevski's Myshkin" , "Foolish person" , "The - (Dostoievsky)" , "Sap" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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