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I rent, poor and lazy (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inert

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

'i rent poor' is the wordplay.
'poor' indicates an anagram.
'rent' is an anagram of 'nert'.
'i'+'nert'='INERT'

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for inert that I've seen before include "lazy" , "Not chemically active" , "Indolent - unreactive" , "Inter, being unable to move" , "Motionless or inanimate" .)

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