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Can he be tipped? (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ted

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'can he be tipped?' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'can he' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'he' could be 'ed' (short for Edward) and 'ed' is located in the answer.
A single letter 't' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for ted that I've seen before include "TV comedy series 'Father . . . '" , "Familiar form of Edward" , ". . . Kennedy, Father . . ." , "Craggy Island Father" , "Heath or Hughes?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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