Man in ground nears English singer (7)

I believe the answer is:

sheeran

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'english singer' is the definition.
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'man in ground nears' is the wordplay.
'man' becomes 'he' (he refers to a man).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'ground' indicates an anagram ('grind' the letters into a new form).
'nears' with letters rearranged gives 'seran'.
'he' placed within 'seran' is 'SHEERAN'.

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