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At school, the kids wouldn't miss him (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sir

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'wouldn't 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 the kids' is the wordplay.
'at' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'school' becomes 'S'.
'the kids' becomes 'ir' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
's' next to 'ir' is 'SIR'.

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(Other definitions for sir that I've seen before include "Gentleman's form of address" , "Male title of respect" , "Formal and deferential address to a man" , "... ___ John Major" , "Feted fellow" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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