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They dishonestly wangle fares around the weekend (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fakers

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'they dishonestly' is the definition.
The definition suggests an adverb but the answer is not.

'wangle fares around the weekend' is the wordplay.
'wangle' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'the weekend' becomes 'k' (I've seen this in other clues).
'fares' is an anagram of 'faers'.
'faers' going around 'k' is 'FAKERS'.

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(Other definitions for fakers that I've seen before include "They pretend deceitfully" , "Charlatans and pretenders" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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