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His clatter was endlessly fantastic (7,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

charlie watts

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'his clatter was endlessly fantastic' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'his clatter was endlessly fantastic' is the wordplay.
'endlessly' means to remove the last letter.
'fantastic' is an anagram indicator.
'his'+'clatter'+'was'='hisclatterwas'
'hisclatterwas' with its last letter removed is 'hisclatterwa'.
'hisclatterwa' anagrammed gives 'CHARLIE WATTS'.

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