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Stance in reforms, most prudent (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

canniest

'most prudent' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'stance in reforms' is the wordplay.
'reforms' indicates anagramming the letters.
'stance'+'in'='stancein'
'stancein' anagrammed gives 'CANNIEST'.

(Other definitions for canniest that I've seen before include "Instance (anag)" , "Shrewdest sort of ancients" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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