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Does he make bully beef and get a monopoly on it? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

corner

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'does he make bully' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how they can define each other.

'beef and get a monopoly on it?' is the wordplay.
'beef' becomes 'corn beef' (corn beef is a kind of beef).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'get a monopoly' becomes 'r' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'it?' becomes 'e' ('e' can mean 'electronic' which is similar to 'IT').
'r' after 'e' is 'er'.
'corn'+'er' is 'CORNER'.

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(Other definitions for corner that I've seen before include "Where rook starts on the chess board" , "Football kick; trap" , "Gaming establishment" , "See 11" , "Angle; nook" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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