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In the ravine, find the English man (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

george

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'man' is the definition.

'in the ravine find the english' is the wordplay.
'in the' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'ravine' becomes 'gorge' (gorge is a kind of ravine).
'find the english' becomes 'e' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'gorge' placed around 'e' is 'GEORGE'.

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(Other definitions for george that I've seen before include "Best Actor Oscar winner 1970, for 'Patton'" , "Man's name" , "Stefan ---, German poet; a Man in a Boat" , "Ira's composer brother" , "Beatle" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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