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He cried distractedly over Charlie (6)

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I believe the answer is:

cedric

'he' is the definition.

'cried distractedly over charlie' is the wordplay.
'distractedly' is an anagram indicator.
'over' is an insertion indicator.
'charlie' becomes 'c' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'cried' with letters rearranged gives 'edric'.
'edric' placed around 'c' is 'CEDRIC'.

(Another definition for cedric that I've seen is " Man's name".)

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