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One in the soup in swindle takes flight (7)

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I believe the answer is:

crouton

'one in the soup' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'swindle takes flight' is the wordplay.
'swindle' becomes 'con' (con is a kind of swindle).
'takes' is an insertion indicator.
'flight' becomes 'rout' (I have seen 'Headlong flight ' mean 'rout' so perhaps 'flight' could also mean 'rout').
'con' placed around 'rout' is 'CROUTON'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for crouton that I've seen before include "Fried bread as garnish" , "Small cube of fried bread" , "Small piece of toasted or fried bread served in soup" , "fried food" , "Bit of toast in soup" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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