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A character to see and copy (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mimic

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'copy' is the definition.
(mimicking is a kind of copying)

'a character to see and' is the wordplay.
'a character' becomes 'c'.
'to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'see and' becomes 'mimi' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'c' put after 'mimi' is 'MIMIC'.

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(Other definitions for mimic that I've seen before include "Impressionist" , "Ape" , "Imitate in order to ridicule" , "Go round a bend (in car)" , "Skilled imitator" .)

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