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He may treat you patiently (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

medico

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'he may treat you patiently' 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 'ed' (short for Edward) and 'ed' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'mico' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for medico that I've seen before include "Health practitioner" , "quack" , "Doctor" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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