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Deception about a Trojan Horse's cover (9)

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I believe the answer is:

caparison

'horse's cover' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'deception about a trojan' is the wordplay.
'deception' becomes 'con' (I've seen this before).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'trojan' becomes 'paris' (I've seen this before).
'a'+'paris'='aparis'
'con' placed around 'aparis' is 'CAPARISON'.

(Other definitions for caparison that I've seen before include "Ornamental covering over a horse's saddle or harness" , "Rich clothing" , "Cover for a horse" , "horse's cover" , "covering for the Shires?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent and The Telegraph.
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