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Man, for example, lives on solid earth (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

island

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'man for example' is the definition.
(man is a kind of island)

'lives on solid earth' is the wordplay.
'lives' becomes 'is' ('be' can be a synonym of 'live').
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'solid earth' becomes 'land' ('land' can be a synonym of 'earth'. I am not sure about the 'solid' bit.**).
'is'+'land'='ISLAND'

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(Other definitions for island that I've seen before include "It could follow desert, coral, thousand or traffic" , "Ireland, Britain, Cyprus say" , "Eg, Madagascar" , "Crete, for instance" , "Part of an archipelago" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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