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Swindle model, friendly about being innate (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

congenital

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'being innate' is the definition.
('congenital' can be a synonym of 'innate')

'swindle model friendly about' is the wordplay.
'swindle model' becomes 't' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'friendly' becomes 'congenial' (similar in meaning).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
't' going within 'congenial' is 'CONGENITAL'.

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(Another definition for congenital that I've seen is " Absolute".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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