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Vegas trickster's entertaining a sort of band (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gastric

'a sort of band' is the definition.
(gastric band)

'vegas trickster's entertaining' is the wordplay.
'entertaining' indicates a hidden word.
'GASTRIC' is hidden within 'vegas tricksters'.

(Other definitions for gastric that I've seen before include "Abdominal" , "Pertaining to the stomach" , "Intestinal" , "Relating to or involving the stomach" , "affecting stomach" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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