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Had he to get excited? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hothead

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'had he to get excited?' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'had he to get excited?' is the wordplay.
'get excited?' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'getting excited' mean this).
'had'+'he'+'to'='hadheto'
'hadheto' with letters rearranged gives 'HOTHEAD'.

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(Other definitions for hothead that I've seen before include "Madcap" , "Impulsive person" , "Excitable person" , "Person liable to get reckless impulses" , "Daredevil" .)

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