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Man associated with Nazis? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hess

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'man associated with nazis?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'man associated with nazis?' is the wordplay.
'man' becomes 'he' (he refers to a man).
'associated with' says to put letters next to each other.
'nazis?' becomes 'SS' (the SS was a Nazi organisation).
'he'+'ss'='HESS'

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(Other definitions for hess that I've seen before include "Pianist Myra, Nazi Rudolf ---" , "Famous pianist" , "Rudolf ..., Nazi leader imprisoned at Spandau" , "leading Nazi" , "Cite as evidence" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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