Little known but giving one credit (9)

I believe the answer is:

recondite

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'little known' is the definition.
The answer and definition are different parts of speech. However, past participle verbs and adjectives occasionally mean the same thing.

'giving one credit' is the wordplay.
'giving' indicates an anagram (the letters give the letters for another word).
'one'+'credit'='onecredit'
'onecredit' with letters rearranged gives 'RECONDITE'.

'but' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for recondite that I've seen before include "Mysterious" , "Direct one to be obscure or difficult" , "not widely known" , "(Of knowledge) obscure" , "Enigmatic" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.

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