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He produces his pass when he's being charged (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

matador

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'he's being charged' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'he produces his pass' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'he' could be 'mata' and 'mata' is located in the answer.
'pass' could be 'do' (doing is a kind of passing) and 'do' is found in the answer.
A single letter 'r' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'when' is the link.

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(Other definitions for matador that I've seen before include "he aims to get a bull" , "Beastly fighting man" , "Bullfighter who slays the bull" , "Performer in the Ring" , "who does for bulls" .)

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