… bloke's a show-off! Think he could be desperate (5,3)

I believe the answer is:

fancy dan

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'bloke's a show-off think he could be desperate' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'bloke's a show-off think he' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is present in the answer.
'he' could be 'dan' and 'dan' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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