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Might he be wasted outright? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

steward

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'might he' is the definition.
'Steward' can be an answer for 'he'. I am not certain of the 'might' bit.

'be wasted outright?' is the wordplay.
'be' becomes 'stew' (stewing is a kind of being).
'wasted outright?' becomes 'ard' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'stew'+'ard'='STEWARD'

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(Other definitions for steward that I've seen before include "Official at function" , "Horse-racing official" , "One who looks after passengers" , "race course official" , "Overseer" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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