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Someone who relates swimming race to run (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

raconteur

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'someone who relates' is the definition.
'raconteur' can be an answer for 'someone' (raconteur is a kind of someone). I am not sure about the rest of the definition.

'swimming race to run' is the wordplay.
'swimming' is an anagram indicator.
'race'+'to'+'run'='racetorun'
'racetorun' anagrammed gives 'RACONTEUR'.

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(Other definitions for raconteur that I've seen before include "source of stories?" , "A skilled storyteller, very entertaining" , "He tells a good story" , "Skilful teller of tales" , "A skilled story teller" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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