Celebrated escapologist and showman (7)

I believe the answer is:

houdini

(Other definitions for houdini that I've seen before include "being given to escapism?" , "tie-break ace" , "Hungarian-born American magician, d. 1926" , "Weiss -" , "World-famous escapologist" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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