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Vagrant carrying one’s information file (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dossier

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'information file' is the definition.
'dossier' can be an answer for 'file' (both can mean a collection of information). I'm not sure about the 'information' bit.

'vagrant carrying one's' is the wordplay.
'vagrant' becomes 'dosser' (informal term for a vagrant).
'carrying' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'dosser' placed around 'i' is 'DOSSIER'.

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(Other definitions for dossier that I've seen before include "File of papers (sometimes dodgy)" , "Collection of documents on a topic" , "File of documents" , "brief" , "Papers containing detailed information about a particular person" .)

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