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He doesn't believe in anything fancy (7)

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I believe the answer is:

realist

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'he doesn't believe in anything fancy' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'he' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'he' could be 'eal' and 'eal' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for realist that I've seen before include "Plato, for example" , "Pragmatic person" , "Sensible and practical person" , "Retails for practical man" , "One has no fancy ideas" .)

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