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Native repelled by daily fraud (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

charlatan

'fraud' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'native repelled by daily' is the wordplay.
'native' becomes 'natal' (I've seen this before).
'repelled' is a reversal indicator.
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'daily' becomes 'char' (both can mean a cleaner).
'natal' in reverse letter order is 'latan'.
'latan' put after 'char' is 'CHARLATAN'.

(Other definitions for charlatan that I've seen before include "Trickster" , "Deceiver who attracts customers with tricks or jokes" , "ake" , "Impostor, quack" , "fake" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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