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Naturally he's the one to draw the line (5)

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I believe the answer is:

ruler

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'naturally he's the one' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'draw the line' is the wordplay.
'draw' becomes 'rule' (ruling is a kind of drawing).
'the line' becomes 'r' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'rule'+'r'='RULER'

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for ruler that I've seen before include "Person commanding" , "Drawing stick or monarch" , "King, president etc." , "Aid for a straight line" , "Commander" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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