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Recognised deceit with card turned over (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

accredited

'recognised' is the definition.
('accredit' can be a synonym of 'recognize')

'deceit with card turned over' is the wordplay.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'turned over' indicates anagramming the letters.
'deceit' put after 'card' is 'carddeceit'.
'carddeceit' anagrammed gives 'ACCREDITED'.

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

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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