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Victor with member, in truth, initially a pest (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

varmint

'a pest' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'victor with member in truth initially' is the wordplay.
'victor' becomes 'v' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'member' becomes 'arm' (arm is a kind of member**).
'initially' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'truth' is 't'.
'v'+'arm'+'in'+'t'='VARMINT'

(Other definitions for varmint that I've seen before include "Troublesome wild animal, especially a fox (US)" , "Mischievous person" , "pest" , "rascal" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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