Trick Australian natives, we hear (4)
I believe the answer is:
ruse
'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...
Can you help me to learn more?
(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" .)