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Person who examines prices, not fixed (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inspector

'person who examines' is the definition.
(someone inspecting something)

'prices not fixed' is the wordplay.
'fixed' indicates anagramming the letters.
'prices'+'not'='pricesnot'
'pricesnot' is an anagram of 'INSPECTOR'.

(Other definitions for inspector that I've seen before include "Bus, train official" , "I look over" , "Lestrade for instance" , "Morse" , "senior cop" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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