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Individual points left for staff (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

personnel

'staff' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'individual points left' is the wordplay.
'individual' becomes 'person' (an individual person).
'points' becomes 'NE' (two compass points).
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'person'+'ne'+'l'='PERSONNEL'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for personnel that I've seen before include "Members of staff" , "Employees collectively" , "An organisation's people" , "Staff complement of an organisation" , "Crew" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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