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Daily story for credulous chap (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

charlie

'credulous chap' is the definition.
(charlie can mean a gullible person)

'daily story' is the wordplay.
'daily' becomes 'char' (both can mean a cleaner).
'story' becomes 'lie' (story can mean a fabrication).
'char'+'lie'='CHARLIE'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for charlie that I've seen before include "tail-ender" , "Code word for letter C" , "Fool - drug (slang)" , "succeeds. Bravo!" , "Chaplinesque man" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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