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Rescued broken rake (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

seducer

'rake' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'rescued broken' is the wordplay.
'broken' indicates anagramming the letters.
'rescued' with letters rearranged gives 'SEDUCER'.

(Other definitions for seducer that I've seen before include "One who takes advantage of the opposite sex" , "Rescued by sexual tempter" , "Philanderer" , "Don Juan" , "One leading sexually astray" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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