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He’s caught the carp, is prepared to stuff it (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

captor

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'he's caught the carp is prepared to stuff it' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'he's caught the carp is prepared' is the wordplay.
'he' becomes 'to' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'caught' is an insertion indicator.
'is prepared' indicates an anagram.
'carp' anagrammed gives 'capr'.
'to' inserted within 'capr' is 'CAPTOR'.

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(Other definitions for captor that I've seen before include "One taking a prisoner" , "Holder of a prisoner" , "To carp (anag)" , "The one who holds the prisoner" , "kidnapper, perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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