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He joins us at golf (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gus

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'he joins' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'us at golf' is the wordplay.
'at' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'golf' becomes 'g' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'us' put after 'g' is 'GUS'.

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(Other definitions for gus that I've seen before include "T. S. Eliot's theatre cat" , "Augustus (dim.)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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