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Religious pictures one disregarded as frauds (4)

Ross

I think it could be either:

pros

cons

'frauds' is the definition.
(con is a kind of fraud)

'religious pictures one disregarded' is the wordplay.
'religious pictures' becomes 'icons' (I've seen this before).
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'disregarded' is a deletion indicator.
'icons' with 'i' removed is 'CONS'.

'as' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for cons that I've seen before include "Swindles" , "Tricks" , "Arguments against" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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