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He's to be changed, not these (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

those

'not these' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'he's to be changed' is the wordplay.
'be changed' indicates anagramming the letters.
'hes'+'to'='hesto'
'hesto' is an anagram of 'THOSE'.

(Other definitions for those that I've seen before include "Plural form of that" , "Ethos (anag.)" , "the more far out?" , "Nostalgic utterance" , "The (things) there" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail and The Guardian.
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