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Get a hundred advanced by a trick

Ross

I believe the answer is:

con

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'a trick' is the definition.
(a con is a fraud or trick)

'get a hundred advanced' is the wordplay.
'get' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a hundred' becomes 'C' (Roman numeral).
'advanced' becomes 'on' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'c'+'on' is 'CON'.

'by' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for con that I've seen before include "Dupe" , "Swindle in draconian way" , "Have a reason not to" , "Swindle after winning trust" , "Swindle, deception" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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