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He rescued products a sci-fi character internally transferred (4,9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

good samaritan

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'he rescued products a sci-fi character internally transferred' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'he rescued products a sci-fi character' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'he' could be 'tan' and 'tan' is located in the answer.
'a' is within the answer.
'character' could be 's' and 's' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for good samaritan that I've seen before include "One kindly rescuing" , "Voluntarily helpful and sympathetic person" , "helpful fellow" , "Neighbourly type" , "I'm a kind person" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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