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If he's dropped, can't the programme get under way? (9)

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I believe the answer is:

anchorman

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'if he's dropped can't the programme get under way?' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'if he's' is the wordplay.
'if' becomes 'anchor' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'he' becomes 'man' (I've seen this in another clue).
'anchor'+'man'='ANCHORMAN'

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(Other definitions for anchorman that I've seen before include "Crucial participant" , "Maybe last person to run" , "host" , "Last person in relay race - TV presenter" , "who winds up relay?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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