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Inventor of fancy braid? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

baird

'inventor' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Scottish inventor' mean 'baird' so perhaps 'inventor' could also mean 'baird')

'fancy braid?' is the wordplay.
'fancy' indicates an anagram.
'braid' with letters rearranged gives 'BAIRD'.

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for baird that I've seen before include "inventive man" , "John Logie - -" , "Scottish inventor" , "He devised television" , "Television pioneer" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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