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Chap who took a chicken round for his mum (2-3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

he-man

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'chap who took a' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'chicken round for his mum' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'mum' could be 'ma' (both can mean mother) and 'ma' is present in the answer.
'chicken' could be 'hen' (hen is a kind of chicken) and 'hen' is found within the leftover letters.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for he-man that I've seen before include "Masterful male, macho sort" , "Macho type" , "Macho chap" , "Extremely virile male" , "Hunk" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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