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Roughly hustle investigator (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sleuth

'investigator' is the definition.
(sleuth is a kind of investigator)

'roughly hustle' is the wordplay.
'roughly' indicates an anagram.
'hustle' with letters rearranged gives 'SLEUTH'.

(Other definitions for sleuth that I've seen before include "Hustle (anag)" , "Bloodhound" , "Sherlock Holmes, for example" , "See detective" , "Olivier/Caine film" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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