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Bowman being comparatively coy? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

archer

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'bowman' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'comparatively coy?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'coy?' could be 'arch' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'arch' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'er' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'being' is the link.

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(Other definitions for archer that I've seen before include "One uses a bow and arrows" , "One uses bow and 30ac" , "A 19 lord - old soldier" , "William Tell, for one" , "Expert in the use of bow and arrow" .)

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