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Ms Parton's sort of athlete (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sportsman

'athlete' is the definition.
(I know that athlete can be written as sportsman)

'ms parton's sort' is the wordplay.
'sort' is an anagram indicator.
'ms'+'partons'='mspartons'
'mspartons' with letters rearranged gives 'SPORTSMAN'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for sportsman that I've seen before include "He engages in physical games" , "player" , "Eg, athlete" , "Male athlete" , "Game fellow" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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