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Officer deceives board (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

constable

'officer' is the definition.
(a police officer)

'deceives board' is the wordplay.
'deceives' becomes 'cons' (I've seen this in another clue).
'board' becomes 'table' (both can mean food).
'cons'+'table'='CONSTABLE'

(Other definitions for constable that I've seen before include "Flatford Mill painter" , "Copper - artist" , "In England, a great painter or lowly policeman" , "English landscape painter for a policeman" , "Policeman - landscape artist" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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