Tricky ruse is potential danger to state (8,4)

I believe the answer is:

security risk

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'danger to state' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'tricky ruse is potential' is the wordplay.
'potential' is an anagram indicator (another potential order of the letters).
'tricky'+'ruse'+'is'='trickyruseis'
'trickyruseis' anagrammed gives 'SECURITY RISK'.

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(Another definition for security risk that I've seen is " One likely to divulge state secrets".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.

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