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His recreation may give him all the lift he needs (5)

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I believe the answer is:

hiker

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

'him all the lift he needs' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'him' could be 'ker' and 'ker' is located in the answer.
'he' could be 'hi' and 'hi' is present in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'give' is the link.

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(Other definitions for hiker that I've seen before include "Person on long walk" , "Foot traveller" , "Someone who goes on an extended walk for pleasure" , "One on long walk" , "Long-distance walker" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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