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He gave the rondo new form (5)

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donor

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'he gave' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'rondo new form' is the wordplay.
'new form' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'new form of' mean this).
'rondo' with letters rearranged gives 'DONOR'.

'the' is the link.

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(Other definitions for donor that I've seen before include "Supporter" , "One contributing" , "Almsgiver, benefactor" , "A giver, often of blood" , "Giver, of blood say" .)

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