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Employer of a shifty ruse (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

user

'employer' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'a shifty ruse' is the wordplay.
'a shifty' is an anagram indicator.
'ruse' anagrammed gives 'USER'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for user that I've seen before include "Patron" , "Operator; exploiter" , "Consumer" , "Junkie's" , "Someone who exploits another" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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