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Taken in by a fence? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

received

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'taken in' is the definition.
('receive' can be a synonym of 'take in')

'a fence?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'fence?' could be 'receive' (fencing is a kind of receiving) and 'receive' is present in the answer.
A single letter 'd' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'by' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for received that I've seen before include "Accepted from another" , "Was given" , "Came into possession of" , "Got" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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