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Thief pilfers hot new fashion (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shoplifter

'thief' is the definition.
(shoplifter is a kind of thief)

'pilfers hot new fashion' is the wordplay.
'new fashion' indicates an anagram.
'pilfers'+'hot'='pilfershot'
'pilfershot' anagrammed gives 'SHOPLIFTER'.

(Other definitions for shoplifter that I've seen before include "Thief" , "Thieving customer" , "Criminal (in a retail context)" , "Robber" , "guilty party" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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