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Drunken con-man in tree (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cinnamon

'tree' is the definition.
(cinnamon is a kind of tree)

'drunken con-man in' is the wordplay.
'drunken' indicates an anagram.
'con'+'man'+'in'='conmanin'
'conmanin' is an anagram of 'CINNAMON'.

(Other definitions for cinnamon that I've seen before include "The spice is oddly non-manic" , "Yellowish-brown - spice" , "Spicy bark" , "Aromatic tree bark used as a spice" , "Spice from dried bark" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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