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Connected little man was a fibber (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

allied

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'connected' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'little man was a fibber' is the wordplay.
'little man' becomes 'Al' (short for Alex, Alastair etc).
'was a fibber' becomes 'lied' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'al'+'lied'='ALLIED'

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(Other definitions for allied that I've seen before include "United through treaty" , "Joined by treaty or agreement" , "in concert" , "Joined in friendship, treaty, etc" , "In league" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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