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Small, small person excited to cheat (6,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stitch up

'cheat' is the definition.
(to stitch someone up is to cheat them)

'small small person excited' is the wordplay.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'small person' becomes 'titch' (titch can informally mean a short person).
'excited' becomes 'up'.
's'+'titch'+'up'='STITCH-UP'

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for stitch up that I've seen before include "frame" , "Unfairly organised situation" , "Fix (situation) to someone's advantage (colloq.)" , "Swindle - incriminate - repair" , "Incriminate by unfair means" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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