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Lawman from area still going round collecting rent (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

attorney

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'lawman from area still' is the definition.
'attorney' can be an answer for 'lawman' (I've seen this before). I am unsure of the 'from area still' bit.

'going round collecting rent' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'round' could be 'o' (round can mean a round object) and 'o' is found within the answer.
an anagram of 'rent' is 'trne' which is located in the left over letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for attorney that I've seen before include "Person legally authorised to act for another" , "Lawman" , "Advocate" , "One can help in case" , "Legal representative" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun and The Times.
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