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Knight, say, following success as slayer (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hitman

'slayer' is the definition.
(I know that hitman is a type of slayer)

'knight say following success' is the wordplay.
'knight say' becomes 'man' (knight is a kind of man).
'following' says to put letters next to each other.
'success' becomes 'hit' (hit is a kind of success).
'man' put after 'hit' is 'HITMAN'.

'as' is the link.

(Other definitions for hitman that I've seen before include "Assassin" , "killer" , "offer?" , "Hired gun" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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