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He'll do (5)

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I believe the answer is:

actor

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

'do' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'do' could be 'act' (I've seen this before) and 'act' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'or' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for actor that I've seen before include "one to take on roles" , "Cruise, e.g." , "Stage player" , "Thespian, stage performer" , "One taking part" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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