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Man embracing girl dropping a collector’s item, perhaps (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rarity

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'collector's item perhaps' is the definition.
(collector's item is a kind of rarity)

'man embracing girl dropping a' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'man' could be 'ari' and 'ari' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for rarity that I've seen before include "something out of the ordinary" , "Uncommon thing" , "'Something unusual, perhaps collectable (6)'" , "Unusual thing" , "something quite unusual" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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