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Might the gang be after him? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

foreman

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'might the gang be after him?' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'gang be after him?' is the wordplay.
'gang' becomes 'fore' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'be after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'him?' becomes 'Man'.
'fore'+'man'='FOREMAN'

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(Other definitions for foreman that I've seen before include "Fellow in charge" , "Gaffer, boss" , "Male supervisor" , "Gaffer, overseer" , "Charge hand" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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