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Fresh air - and that's essential for a man (6)

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I believe the answer is:

adrian

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'for a man' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'fresh air and' is the wordplay.
'fresh' indicates anagramming the letters.
'air'+'and'='airand'
'airand' with letters rearranged gives 'ADRIAN'.

'that's essential' is the link.
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(Other definitions for adrian that I've seen before include "The Secret Diary of ... Mole, Aged 13? (Sue Townsend)" , "Name of Roman emperor and only English pope" , "Sir -- Boult, conductor" , "Man" , "-- Mole, Sue Townsend's creation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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