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Bankrupt, having left for right man (5)

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I believe the answer is:

bloke

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'right man' is the definition.
'bloke' can be an answer for 'man' (I've seen this before). I'm not sure about the 'right' bit.

'bankrupt having left' is the wordplay.
'bankrupt' becomes 'boke' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'having' indicates putting letters inside.
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'boke' enclosing 'l' is 'BLOKE'.

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for bloke that I've seen before include "Man (colloq.)" , "Geezer" , "Chap, lad" , "Chap, man" , "Fellow (informal)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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