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First man with a barrier (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

adam

'first man' is the definition.
(first man in the Bible)

'with a barrier' is the wordplay.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'barrier' becomes 'dam' (dam is a kind of barrier).
'a'+'dam' is 'ADAM'.

(Other definitions for adam that I've seen before include "The first known ancestor" , "who transformed Palladian architecture?" , "Male" , "Eden inhabitant" , "Scots. architect brothers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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