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Does he steal his striped jerseys? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

burglar

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'steal his striped jerseys?' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'does he' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'he' could be 'burg' and 'burg' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'lar' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for burglar that I've seen before include "House thief" , "A criminal on one's premises" , "He takes" , "Building robber" , "Thieving intruder" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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