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A man has to observe the tenant (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lessee

'the tenant' is the definition.
(lessee is a kind of tenant)

'a man has to observe' is the wordplay.
'a man' becomes 'les' ().
'has' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'to observe' becomes 'see' (observe can mean to see something).
'les'+'see'='LESSEE'

(Other definitions for lessee that I've seen before include "Person who holds building on contract for specified time" , "I have to deal with letter" , "Tenant with a contract" , "Person who rents" , "One who rents" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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