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Manipulative type lives corruptly around north Georgia (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

svengali

'manipulative type' is the definition.
(term for a controlling or hypnotic person)

'lives corruptly around north georgia' is the wordplay.
'corruptly' is an anagram indicator.
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'north' becomes 'n' (synonyms).
'georgia' becomes 'ga'.
'lives' anagrammed gives 'sveli'.
'n'+'ga'='nga'
'sveli' placed around 'nga' is 'SVENGALI'.

(Other definitions for svengali that I've seen before include "someone having 5 [INFLUENCED] victims?" , "Master manipulator" , "(controlling person)" , "evil manipulator" , "Manipulative person" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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