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I do break into it, like a fool (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

idiot

'a fool' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'i do break into it' is the wordplay.
'break' indicates an anagram.
'into' is an insertion indicator.
'i'+'do'='ido'
'ido' with letters rearranged gives 'dio'.
'dio' placed inside 'it' is 'IDIOT'.

'like' is the link.

(Other definitions for idiot that I've seen before include "Imbecile" , "'The -----'. novel by Dostoyevsky (1868)" , "Dunce" , "Dolt" , "Dope" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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