...cried off meeting conservative fellow (6)

I believe the answer is:

cedric

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'fellow' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
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'cried off meeting conservative' is the wordplay.
'off' indicates anagramming the letters.
'meeting' says to put letters next to each other.
'conservative' becomes 'C' (UK political abbreviation).
'cried' is an anagram of 'cedri'.
'cedri'+'c'='CEDRIC'

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(Another definition for cedric that I've seen is " Man's name".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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