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Imposter seen daily over part of South Africa (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

charlatan

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'imposter' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'daily over part of south africa' is the wordplay.
'daily' becomes 'char' (both can mean a cleaner).
'over' says the letters should be written backwards.
'part of south africa' becomes 'natal' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'natal' back-to-front is 'latan'.
'char'+'latan'='CHARLATAN'

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(Other definitions for charlatan that I've seen before include "Impostor, deceiver" , "Person who falsely claims to be an expert" , "Deceiver who attracts customers with tricks or jokes" , "Impostor, quack" , "Phoney" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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