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Extraordinary as Grail held -- by him? (3,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sir galahad

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'him?' is the definition.
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'extraordinary as grail held' is the wordplay.
'extraordinary' indicates anagramming the letters.
'held' becomes 'had' ('have' can be a synonym of 'hold').
'as'+'grail'='asgrail'
'asgrail' is an anagram of 'sirgala'.
'sirgala'+'had'='SIR GALAHAD'

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(Other definitions for sir galahad that I've seen before include "painting by symbolist Watts" , "paragon of virtue" .)

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