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No credit arranged in principle (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

doctrine

'principle' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'no credit arranged' is the wordplay.
'arranged' is an anagram indicator.
'no'+'credit'='nocredit'
'nocredit' with letters rearranged gives 'DOCTRINE'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for doctrine that I've seen before include "Church's policy" , "Set of religious principles" , "Guiding principle" , "System of beliefs" , "Dogma" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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