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Forebear needs an exotic escort (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ancestor

'forebear' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'an exotic escort' is the wordplay.
'exotic' is an anagram indicator.
'escort' is an anagram of 'cestor'.
'an'+'cestor'='ANCESTOR'

'needs' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for ancestor that I've seen before include "descent comes from one" , "Antecedent, forebear" , "Adam was our first one" , "Enactors (anag)" , "Forefather" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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