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Rudeness almost put off consumer (3-4)

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I believe the answer is:

end-user

'consumer' is the definition.
(I know that end-user is a type of consumer)

'rudeness almost put off' is the wordplay.
'almost' means to remove the last letter (most of the word but not all of it).
'put off' is an anagram indicator.
'rudeness' with its last letter taken off is 'rudenes'.
'rudenes' anagrammed gives 'END-USER'.

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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