Fluff admitted by criminal American president (7)

I believe the answer is:

clinton

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'american president' is the definition.
'clinton' can be an answer for 'president' (I've seen this before). I'm unsure of the 'american' bit.

'fluff admitted by criminal' is the wordplay.
'fluff' becomes 'lint' (I've seen this in another clue).
'admitted by' is an insertion indicator.
'criminal' becomes 'con' (abbreviation for 'convict').
'lint' placed inside 'con' is 'CLINTON'.

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(Other definitions for clinton that I've seen before include "Forty second US president" , "Statesman" , "Former US president" , "politician" , "US president from 1993" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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