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By leaving a person with no heir? (3)

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I believe the answer is:

per

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'by' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'person with no heir?' is the wordplay.
'with no' is a deletion indicator.
'heir?' becomes 'son' (I've seen this before).
'person' with 'son' taken away is 'PER'.

'leaving a' is the link.
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(Other definitions for per that I've seen before include "Preposition meaning for each" , "According to" , "For each or every" , "Preposition indicating by means of" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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