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Trick Australian natives, we hear (4)

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I believe the answer is:

ruse

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'trick' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'australian natives we hear' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'we' could be 'us' and 'us' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 're' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for ruse that I've seen before include "Artful ploy" , "Plan intended to deceive" , "Clever stratagem or plan" , "trick played" , "Trick designed to deceive" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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