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Official account believed (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

accredited

'official' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'account believed' is the wordplay.
'account' becomes 'ac' (abbreviation for account).
'believed' becomes 'credited' (I've seen this before).
'ac'+'credited'='ACCREDITED'

(Other definitions for accredited that I've seen before include "Certified officially" , "Given official authorisation" , "Broadcast" , "Given official recognition" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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