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Old Nick wouldn't stand for one! (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

satan

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'old nick' is the definition.
(I know that old nick can be written as Satan)

'wouldn't stand for one' is the wordplay.
'wouldn't stand' becomes 'sat' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'one' becomes 'an' (an apple is one apple).
'sat'+'an'='SATAN'

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(Other definitions for satan that I've seen before include "Fallen archangel" , "Old Nick, Lucifer or Beelzebub" , "Prince of Darkness" , "Apollyon" , "arch-fiend" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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