Lone Ranger's sidekick (5)

I believe the answer is:

tonto

'lone ranger's sidekick' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for tonto that I've seen before include "Western companion" , "Lone Ranger and - -" , "The Lone Ranger's sidekick" , "The Lone Ranger's companion" , "Faithful companion" .)

I've seen this clue in the Canadiana, the USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, the Newsday.com, the King Feature Syndicate, the Newsday, the Thinks.com and the New York Times.

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