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Uncle Remus’s vulpine brother (4,3)

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I believe the answer is:

brer fox

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'uncle remus's vulpine' is the definition.
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'brother' is the wordplay.
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'brother' could be 'br' and 'br' is found within the answer.
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(Other definitions for brer fox that I've seen before include "He "lay low"" , "Uncle Remus character" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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