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He's presumably on his own (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tod

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'he's' is the definition.

'presumably on his own' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'on' could be 'to' and 'to' is present in the answer.
A single letter 'd' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for tod that I've seen before include "Fox" , "Former English weight for wool - dot it" , "If you're on it, you're on your own" , "One's alone on this" , "Sly person" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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