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I’m a nice cad, a perverted RA member, perhaps (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

academician

'ra member perhaps' is the definition.
(RA is the Royal Academy)

'i'm a nice cad a perverted' is the wordplay.
'perverted' is an anagram indicator.
'im'+'a'+'nice'+'cad'+'a'='imanicecada'
'imanicecada' is an anagram of 'ACADEMICIAN'.

(Other definitions for academician that I've seen before include "Institutional scholar" , "A maniac dice (anag) - RA" , "Member of a teaching establishment" , "Eg, member of the RA" , "Distinguished scholar" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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