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Dishonest bloke stealing bread in vessel (7)

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I believe the answer is:

carotid

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'vessel' is the definition.
(carotid is a type of blood vessel)

'dishonest bloke stealing bread' is the wordplay.
'dishonest bloke' becomes 'cad' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'stealing' is an insertion indicator.
'bread' becomes 'roti' (roti is a type of bread).
'cad' going around 'roti' is 'CAROTID'.

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for carotid that I've seen before include "Acid rot in major artery (7)" , "Major artery in neck" , "Relating to neck arteries" , "major arteries" .)

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