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Swindle and cheat Republican predator (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

condor

'predator' is the definition.
(condor is a kind of predator)

'swindle and cheat republican' is the wordplay.
'swindle' becomes 'con' (con is a kind of swindle).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'cheat' becomes 'do'.
'republican' becomes 'r' (abbreviation).
'con'+'do'+'r'='CONDOR'

(Other definitions for condor that I've seen before include "Large bird of prey" , "Large vulture of S America" , "Large bird of the Andes (national symbol of Peru)" , "Andean vulture" , "Largest New World vulture" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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