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One avoiding online film villain? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

evader

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'one avoiding online film villain?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'one avoiding online film villain?' is the wordplay.
'avoiding' suggests deleting specific letters.
'online' becomes 'on' (similar in meaning).
'film villain?' becomes 'vader' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'one' with 'on' removed is 'e'.
'e'+'vader'='EVADER'

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(Other definitions for evader that I've seen before include "One who dodges, tax say" , "One escaping by guile" , "One who avoids tax" , "Person who avoids" , "Dodger" .)

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