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Fabled loner working to become chemist (6,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

alfred nobel

'chemist' is the definition.
(I know that Alfred Nobel is a chemist)

'fabled loner working' is the wordplay.
'working' indicates an anagram.
'fabled'+'loner'='fabledloner'
'fabledloner' with letters rearranged gives 'ALFRED NOBEL'.

'to become' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for alfred nobel that I've seen before include "Guy responsible for dynamite" , "Explosives expert" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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