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He stows away at the docks (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stevedore

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'he stows away at the docks' 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 'steve' and 'steve' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'dore' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for stevedore that I've seen before include "One loads and unloads ships" , "One is employed at a dock to load and unload ships" , "Unloader of shipping vessels" , "dock pay for him?" , "Dock worker" .)

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