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He should be fit to revise the tale (7)

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I believe the answer is:

athlete

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'he should be fit' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'revise the tale' is the wordplay.
'revise' is an anagram indicator.
'the'+'tale'='thetale'
'thetale' with letters rearranged gives 'ATHLETE'.

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for athlete that I've seen before include "One may run" , "Holmes, perhaps" , "Olympic participant" , "Competitive runner, e.g." , "One trained to compete in sports" .)

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