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Does he turn a hair, possibly? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

uriah

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'does he' is the definition.
'Uriah' can be an answer for 'he'. I'm unsure of the 'does' bit.

'turn a hair possibly?' is the wordplay.
'turn' becomes 'U' (a 'U-turn' is a kind of turn).
'possibly?' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'possibly' mean this).
'hair' is an anagram of 'riah'.
'u'+'riah'='URIAH'

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(Other definitions for uriah that I've seen before include "Dickens hypocrite ..... Heep" , "Husband of Bathsheba" , "Biblical figure" , "'Umble --- Heep (Dickens)" , "... Heep, obsequious character in David Copperfield (Dickens)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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