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Flier for whom half a pint's plenty (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pilot

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'flier' is the definition.
(I know that pilot is a type of aircraft pilot)

'half a pint's plenty' is the wordplay.
'half a' indicates taking half.
'plenty' becomes 'lot' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'pint' with half the letters taken is 'pi'.
'pi'+'lot'='PILOT'

'for whom' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for pilot that I've seen before include "Guide - flier" , "trial episode" , "may be up in the clouds" , "Small flame that ignites a gas boiler" , "Captain of plane or boat" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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