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Man training harpist - not a benefactor (14)

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I believe the answer is:

philanthropist

'a benefactor' is the definition.
(philanthropist is a kind of benefactor)

'man training harpist not' is the wordplay.
'man' becomes 'phil' ().
'training' is an anagram indicator (to train can mean to grow something into a shape).
'harpist'+'not'='harpistnot'
'harpistnot' with letters rearranged gives 'anthropist'.
'phil'+'anthropist'='PHILANTHROPIST'

(Other definitions for philanthropist that I've seen before include "Benefactor" , "Giver to good causes" , "Carnegie, say" , "he's good to us" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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