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Guy the man sees occasionally (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tease

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'guy' is the definition.
(I know this)

'man sees occasionally' is the wordplay.
'man' becomes 'tea' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'occasionally' indicates alternate letters.
The alternate letters of 'sees' are 'se'.
'tea'+'se'='TEASE'

'the' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for tease that I've seen before include "Gently rib" , "Ridicule" , "Comb or card (wool)" , "Torment lightly" , "Annoy good-naturedly" .)

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