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Trust could be real nice (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reliance

'trust' is the definition.
(I know that trust can be written as reliance)

'could be real nice' is the wordplay.
'could be' indicates anagramming the letters.
'real'+'nice'='realnice'
'realnice' is an anagram of 'RELIANCE'.

(Other definitions for reliance that I've seen before include "Banking" , "Faith" , "Trust or confidence" , "Dependence (on something)" , "Trust - in cereal (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian and The Sun.
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