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One bringing a breath of fresh air to football? (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fan

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'one bringing a breath of fresh air to football?' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'one bringing a' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'f' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'bringing' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a' becomes 'an'.
'f'+'an'='FAN'

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(Other definitions for fan that I've seen before include "Ardent admirer" , "Cooling device for enthusiastic supporter" , "Cooling device or disciple of performer" , "Cool - enthusiast" , "Enthusiastic admirer as of pop star" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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