Politicians not so dishonest, one infers (9)

I believe the answer is:

construer

'one infers' is the definition.
(someone who construes or interprets things)

'politicians not so dishonest' is the wordplay.
'politicians' becomes 'cons' (short for Conservatives).
'not so dishonest' becomes 'truer' (true is the opposite of dishonest).
'cons'+'truer'='CONSTRUER'

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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