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Number one fan is to get bashed (7)

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I believe the answer is:

egotist

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'number one fan' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
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'is to get bashed' is the wordplay.
'bashed' indicates anagramming the letters.
'is'+'to'+'get'='istoget'
'istoget' is an anagram of 'EGOTIST'.

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(Other definitions for egotist that I've seen before include "Bighead" , "A self-absorbed and conceited person" , "Person with inflated self-image" , "Self-interested person" , "Self-obsessed individual" .)

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