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Man that can jump on board? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

knight

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'man that can jump on board?' is the definition.
'knight' can be an answer for 'man' (man can mean a piece in chess). I'm not sure about the rest of the definition.

'man that can jump on' is the wordplay.
'man' becomes 'k' (abbreviation for king, a chess man).
'that can jump on' becomes 'night' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'k'+'night'='KNIGHT'

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(Other definitions for knight that I've seen before include "Old horseman (on board?)" , "... for example, Tippett" , "Chess piece shaped like hors's head" , "In Britain, a person honoured by the sovereign for personal merit" , "Honour" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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