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Be born healthy, get an advantage (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

benefit

'an advantage' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'be born healthy' is the wordplay.
'born' becomes 'ne'.
'healthy' becomes 'fit' ('fit' can be a synonym of 'healthy').
'be'+'ne'+'fit'='BENEFIT'

'get' is the link.

(Other definitions for benefit that I've seen before include "Something that aids" , "Charity event" , "Advantage or blessing" , "Fine bet (anag)" , "Fine bet on to produce an advantage" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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