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Eagle circling round one man (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ernie

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'man' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'eagle circling round one' is the wordplay.
'eagle' becomes 'erne' (erne is a kind of eagle).
'circling' means one lot of letters goes inside another (circling can mean going around or containing).
'round one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral. I am not sure about the 'round' bit.).
'erne' going around 'i' is 'ERNIE'.

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(Other definitions for ernie that I've seen before include "National Savings computer" , "Premium?bond computer" , "Premium Bonds selector" , "--- Wise, comedian" , "One regularly drawing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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