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He's ready for a rhyme (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eddie

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'a rhyme' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'he's ready for' is the wordplay.
'he' becomes 'Edd'.
'ready for' becomes 'ie' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'edd'+'ie'='EDDIE'

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(Other definitions for eddie that I've seen before include "-- the Eagle, ski jumper" , "-- Izzard, comedian" , "Man" , "- Izzard, stand-up comic" , "Boy" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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