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He has a meal without me at lunchtime (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ali

'he' is the definition.

'a meal without me at lunchtime' is the wordplay.
'without' is a deletion indicator.
'at' says to put letters next to each other.
'lunchtime' becomes 'i' (1pm could be I on a clock with Roman numerals**).
'meal' with 'me' taken out is 'al'.
'al'+'i'='ALI'

'has' is the link.

(Other definitions for ali that I've seen before include "Muslim name" , "Champion of ring" , "Ringmaster" , "Son-in-law to Muhammad" , "Muhammad --, US boxer" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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