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Man having hesitation to get home (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ernest

'man' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'hesitation to get home' is the wordplay.
'hesitation' becomes 'er'.
'to get' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'home' becomes 'nest' (I've seen this before).
'er'+'nest'='ERNEST'

'having' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for ernest that I've seen before include "Author Hemmingway, and Oscar Wilde's hero" , "Male" , "The boy sounds serious" , "Resent (anag) - man" , "First name of . . . . . . Hemingway, American novelist" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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