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He gets priceless ideas (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

freethinker

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'he gets priceless ideas' 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 'free' and 'free' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'thinker' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for freethinker that I've seen before include "Rationalist" , "I take a rational view" , "Person with their own religious beliefs etc" , "Person not holding generally accepted beliefs" , "Someone with opinions formed independently" .)

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