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Man of darkness, according to report (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

knight

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

'darkness according to report' is the wordplay.
'darkness' becomes 'night' (night is a kind of darkness).
'according to report' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'night' is a homophone of 'KNIGHT'.

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for knight that I've seen before include "Chesspiece - person dubbed" , "Jumping chess piece" , "He's a Sir in the UK" , "Chess piece shaped like hors's head" , "Honour" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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