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He'll find fault to repair on bridge (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

crosspatch

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

'repair on bridge' is the wordplay.
'repair' becomes 'patch' (patching is a kind of repairing**).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'bridge' becomes 'cross' (I've seen this in other clues).
'patch' put after 'cross' is 'CROSSPATCH'.

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for crosspatch that I've seen before include "peevish person" , "Grump" , "Ill-natured person" , "Irascible type" , "Grumpy type" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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