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Merchant banks to try out an account provider (11)

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I believe the answer is:

storyteller

'an account provider' is the definition.
(a storyteller provides an account of something)

'merchant banks to try out' is the wordplay.
'merchant' becomes 'seller' (seller is a kind of merchant).
'banks' indicates putting letters inside (bank can mean to surround or border).
'out' indicates anagramming the letters (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'to'+'try'='totry'
'totry' is an anagram of 'toryt'.
'seller' going around 'toryt' is 'STORYTELLER'.

(Other definitions for storyteller that I've seen before include "he retails pork pies" , "Raconteur" , "Relater of tales; liar" , "novelist?" , "Dishonest retailer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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