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Tradesman made up PR dare (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

draper

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'tradesman' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'up pr dare' is the wordplay.
'up' indicates anagramming the letters (letters get chucked up).
'pr'+'dare'='prdare'
'prdare' with letters rearranged gives 'DRAPER'.

'made' is the link.

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(Other definitions for draper that I've seen before include "Material businessman" , "Fabric seller" , "Cloth merchant" , "Dealer in fabric and haberdashery" , "Retailer of fabrics" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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