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Old man's attempt to manipulate baker (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pastrycook

'baker' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'old man's attempt to manipulate' is the wordplay.
'old man's' becomes 'pas' (both can mean father).
'attempt' becomes 'try' (synonyms).
'to manipulate' becomes 'cook' ('cook' can be a synonym of 'manipulate').
'pas'+'try'+'cook'='PASTRYCOOK'

(Another definition for pastrycook that I've seen is " Pieman".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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