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At school, nobody would miss him (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sir

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'would miss him' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'at school nobody' is the wordplay.
'at' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'school' becomes 'S'.
'nobody' becomes 'ir' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
's'+'ir' is 'SIR'.

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(Other definitions for sir that I've seen before include "Male form of address" , "Baronet's title" , "Polite term of address for a man" , "Title given to 10 Across" , "address to teacher" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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