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Mum stuffs chicken for Hercules (2-3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

he-man

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'hercules' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'mum stuffs chicken' is the wordplay.
'mum' becomes 'ma' ('ma' can be a synonym of 'mum').
'stuffs' is an insertion indicator.
'chicken' becomes 'hen' (hen is a kind of chicken).
'ma' going inside 'hen' is 'HE-MAN'.

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for he-man that I've seen before include "Masterful male, macho sort" , "Tough guy, doubly male" , "Macho chap" , "Extremely virile male" , "Hunk" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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