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As a humorist, he's quite a card (5)

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I believe the answer is:

joker

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'card' is the definition.
(joker is a type of playing card)

'as a humorist he's quite a' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'he' could be 'ker' and 'ker' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'jo' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for joker that I've seen before include "Humorist" , "Buffoon" , "may appear wild in play" , "Pack's extra card" , "trickster" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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