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For him, the right share's a long way out! (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

friar

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'for him' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'right share's a long way out' is the wordplay.
'right share' becomes 'ri' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'a long way' becomes 'far' (I've seen this before).
'out' indicates putting letters inside.
'ri' put inside 'far' is 'FRIAR'.

'the' is the link.

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(Other definitions for friar that I've seen before include "Monk perhaps" , "Mendicant priest" , "Religious man" , "Man connected with order" , "..... Tuck was one of Robin Hood's men" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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