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Inventor — no American one from what we hear (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nobel

'inventor' is the definition.
(Alfred Nobel, inventor of dynamite)

I cannot understand how the remainder of the clue works.

(Other definitions for nobel that I've seen before include "Source of prizes" , "Swedish prize" , "Prize guy" , "Swedish prize-giver" , "Prize-endowing Swedish chemist" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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