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Man in lab is working (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

basil

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

'lab is working' is the wordplay.
'working' is an anagram indicator.
'lab'+'is'='labis'
'labis' anagrammed gives 'BASIL'.

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for basil that I've seen before include "Fellow" , "Doctor of the fourth century" , "Herb; forename" , "Plant; Brush; Fawlty" , "named Cardinal Hume" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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