Has he as masterly way? (3)

I believe the answer is:

man

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'has he' is the definition.
'Man' can be an answer for 'he' (I've seen this in another clue). I am not sure about the 'has' bit.

'masterly way?' is the wordplay.
'masterly' becomes 'ma' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'way?' becomes 'n' (Compass direction - North).
'ma'+'n'='MAN'

'as' is the link.

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(Other definitions for man that I've seen before include "Male person" , "us?" , "Isle of -; chess piece" , "-- Friday" , "Irish Sea isle" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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