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Capital person academic introduced to unsociable guy (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

londoner

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'capital person' is the definition.

'academic introduced to unsociable guy' is the wordplay.
'academic' becomes 'don' (type of academic - especially at Oxbridge).
'introduced to' indicates putting letters inside.
'unsociable guy' becomes 'loner' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'don' placed into 'loner' is 'LONDONER'.

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(Other definitions for londoner that I've seen before include "Person from England's capital" , "One from UK's capital" , "Resident of the UK capital" , "city dweller" , "Inhabitant of capital" .)

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