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One or many men, maybe (4)

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I believe the answer is:

unit

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'men maybe' is the definition.
(I know that man is a type of being)

'one or many' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'one' could be 'un' (northern English dialect form of 'one') and 'un' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'it' 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 unit that I've seen before include "Single element; one" , "Kitchen fitting" , "Specialised group" , "1 entity" , "Building block - small military force" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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