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Card to traitor returned (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tarot

'card' is the definition.
(tarot cards are used to tell fortunes)

'to traitor returned' is the wordplay.
'traitor' becomes 'rat' (rat can mean a traitor).
'returned' is a reversal indicator.
'to'+'rat'='torat'
'torat' backwards is 'TAROT'.

(Other definitions for tarot that I've seen before include "Sort of cards" , "Pack of cards used in fortune-telling" , "Cards used for fortune telling" , "Arcana cards" , "Playing cards" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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