He's imagined to make men go astray (5)

I believe the answer is:

gnome

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

'men go astray' is the wordplay.
'astray' is an anagram indicator.
'men'+'go'='mengo'
'mengo' with letters rearranged gives 'GNOME'.

'make' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for gnome that I've seen before include "statue standing on border?" , "Zurich financier" , "Men go (anag.)" , "Little old elf" , "Mythical sprite" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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