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One fleecing old England striker (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shearer

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'one fleecing old' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'england striker' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'england' could be 'e' (short for England) and 'e' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'sharer' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for shearer that I've seen before include "one who removes coat" , "Wool cutter - ex-England footballer" , "He cuts the fleece from sheep" , "Man clipping sheep" , "One that's fleeced" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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