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Like William Wallace's outdated tax, this is complicated (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scottish

'like william wallace's' is the definition.

'outdated tax this is complicated' is the wordplay.
'outdated tax' becomes 'scot' (archaic term for a tax).
'is complicated' indicates an anagram.
'this' with letters rearranged gives 'tish'.
'scot'+'tish'='SCOTTISH'

(Other definitions for scottish that I've seen before include "From north of the border" , "Caledonian" , "So stitch up to be like Angus or Jock" , "Costs hit this nationality badly" , "northern folk" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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