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English man raised in Dodge (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

evade

'dodge' is the definition.
(I know that dodge can be written as evade)

'english man raised' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'eva' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'man' becomes 'Ed' (short for Edward).
'raised' is a reversal indicator (going up in a down clue).
'ed' written backwards gives 'de'.
'eva'+'de'='EVADE'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for evade that I've seen before include "Dodge or equivocate" , "Dodge, elude" , "Keep away from" , "Shun, escape" , "Shirk" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun and The Times.
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