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One looking after merry Andrew? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

warden

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'one looking' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'merry andrew?' is the wordplay.
'merry' indicates an anagram (merry can mean drunk).
'andrew' with letters rearranged gives 'WARDEN'.

'after' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for warden that I've seen before include "Andrew, strangely, is in prison" , "Head of certain schools, colleges, etc" , "Title of officer with supervisory duties, perhaps in prison" , "Governor of the Cinque Ports has this title" , "College head" .)

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