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Deceived the old foe somehow (6)

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I believe the answer is:

fooled

'deceived' is the definition.
(fooling is a kind of deceiving)

'old foe somehow' is the wordplay.
'somehow' is an anagram indicator.
'old'+'foe'='oldfoe'
'oldfoe' is an anagram of 'FOOLED'.

'the' acts as a link.

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