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So will be in various trades of all kinds (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

assorted

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'so will be in various trades of all kinds' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'so will be in various trades' is the wordplay.
'will be in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'various' indicates anagramming the letters.
'trades' anagrammed gives 'asrted'.
'so' inserted into 'asrted' is 'ASSORTED'.

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(Other definitions for assorted that I've seen before include "Manifold" , "Of different kinds put together, like sweets" , "Stared so at a varied mixture as of sweets" , "Containing various different kinds" , "Miscellaneous, sundry" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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