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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.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'english' could be 'e' (abbreviation) and 'e' is present in the answer.
'ravine' could be 'gorge' (gorge is a kind of ravine) and 'gorge' is found in the leftover letters.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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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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