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Criminal rip-off in fashion (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

culprit

'criminal' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'rip-off in fashion' is the wordplay.
'off' is an anagram indicator.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'fashion' becomes 'cult' (cult is a kind of fashion).
'rip' anagrammed gives 'pri'.
'pri' put within 'cult' is 'CULPRIT'.

(Other definitions for culprit that I've seen before include "one awaiting trial" , "Offender or guilty party" , "he should have conviction" , "One perpetrating crime" , "The person to blame, the guilty one" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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