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Suspect cold nurse is a rogue (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scoundrel

'a rogue' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'suspect cold nurse' is the wordplay.
'suspect' is an anagram indicator (a suspicious or unusual spelling).
'cold'+'nurse'='coldnurse'
'coldnurse' is an anagram of 'SCOUNDREL'.

'is' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for scoundrel that I've seen before include "Person that's low" , "Bounder" , "Rat" , "bad egg" , "Disreputable type" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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