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Man behaving dishonourably — Conservative, notice (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cad

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'man' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Dishonourable man ' mean 'cad' so perhaps 'man' could also mean 'cad')

'conservative notice' is the wordplay.
'conservative' becomes 'c' (abbreviation commonly used in UK politics).
'notice' becomes 'ad'.
'c'+'ad'='CAD'

'behaving dishonourably' is the link.
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(Other definitions for cad that I've seen before include "One behaves dishonourably" , "Rogue" , "Stinker" , "he's no gent" , "Dishonourable man of decadent sort" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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