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Mixed emotions about, about someone like Adam Smith (9)

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I believe the answer is:

economist

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'someone like adam smith' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'mixed emotions about about' is the wordplay.
'mixed' is an anagram indicator.
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'about' becomes 'c' (abbreviation for circa).
'emotions' with letters rearranged gives 'eonomist'.
'eonomist' going around 'c' is 'ECONOMIST'.

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(Other definitions for economist that I've seen before include "Friedman, say" , "Financial expert" , "Comes into (anag)" , "government adviser, possibly" , "He studies money etc" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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