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One man's name for a bird lacking 'chic' (3)

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I believe the answer is:

ken

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'one man's name' is the definition.
'Ken' can be an answer for 'name'. I am unsure of the 'one man's' bit.

'bird lacking chic' is the wordplay.
'bird' becomes 'chicken' (chicken is a kind of bird).
'lacking' is a deletion indicator.
'chicken' with 'chic' taken away is 'KEN'.

'for a' is the link.

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(Other definitions for ken that I've seen before include "Awareness" , "One's range of knowledge" , "Notice" , "Understanding - boy's name" , "Identify; -- Livingstone" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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