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Any person with relatives can get the needle (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bodkin

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

'any person with relatives' is the wordplay.
'any person' becomes 'bod' (bod can informally mean a person or body. I am not sure about the 'any' bit.).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'relatives' becomes 'kin' (kin can mean relatives or family).
'bod'+'kin'='BODKIN'

'can get' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for bodkin that I've seen before include "Thick, blunt needle with a large eye" , "Small blunt needle" , "punch" , "tool for correcting type" , "dagger" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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