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Heartless old Tory interrupting man who repairs sculpture (3,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

the thinker

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'sculpture' is the definition.
(I know that The Thinker is a type of statue)

'heartless old tory interrupting man who repairs' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'tory' could be 'r' (abbreviation for right) and 'r' is present in the answer.
'man' could be 'hi' and 'hi' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Another definition for the thinker that I've seen is " Famous sculpture by Rodin".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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