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One taken in by a fat Scottish landowner (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

laird

'scottish landowner' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'one taken in by a fat' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'taken in by' indicates putting letters inside.
'a fat' becomes 'lard' (lard is a kind of fat).
'i' going inside 'lard' is 'LAIRD'.

(Other definitions for laird that I've seen before include "Big landowner" , "He's landed in Scotland" , "Scottish owner of large estate" , "rich Scotsman" , "Scots estate owner" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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