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He gets fed up with people (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cannibal

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'he gets fed up with people' 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 see how this works, but
'he' could be 'al' and 'al' is present in the answer.
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(Other definitions for cannibal that I've seen before include "Person who has someone for dinner?" , "One with odd eating habits" , "One eats human flesh" , "Person who eats human flesh" , "Animal that eats it own kid (8)." .)

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