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His products may be near at hand for the present time (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

watchmaker

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'his products' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'be near at hand for the present time' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'be' could be 'make' (making is a kind of being) and 'make' is present in the answer.
'at' is within the answer.
'hand' could be 'r' (abbreviation for right, as in the right-hand side) and 'r' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'may' is the link.

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(Another definition for watchmaker that I've seen is " One producing small movements".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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