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He scores fast, but seems to make hard work of it (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

slogger

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'he scores fast but seems to' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'hard work of it' is the wordplay.
'hard work' becomes 'slog' (a slog is a long or difficult task).
'of it' becomes 'ger' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'slog'+'ger'='SLOGGER'

'make' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for slogger that I've seen is " one who toils".)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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