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After reform I am unable to be a beggar (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mendicant

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'beggar' is the definition.
(I know that beggar can be written as mendicant)

'after reform i am' is the wordplay.
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'reform' becomes 'mend' (I've seen this in another clue).
'i am' becomes 'icant' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'mend' put next to 'icant' is 'MENDICANT'.

'unable to be a' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for mendicant that I've seen before include "Begging" , "Beggar" .)

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