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Individual person taking chance as criminal accomplice? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

abetter

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'accomplice?' is the definition.
(abetter is a kind of accomplice)

'individual person taking chance as criminal' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'individual' could be 'better' (better is a kind of individual) and 'better' is present in the answer.
A single letter 'a' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for abetter that I've seen before include "Partner in crime; tree bat (anag.)" , "Criminal's assistant" , "One who illegally helps" , "one who helps in a crime" , "he helps you in trouble" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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