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One who argues that a sporting club needs deer around? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

debater

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'one who argues that a sporting' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'club needs deer around?' is the wordplay.
'club needs' becomes 'bat' (as in sporting equipment. I am not sure about the 'needs' bit.).
'around?' indicates putting letters inside.
'bat' going into 'deer' is 'DEBATER'.

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(Other definitions for debater that I've seen before include "Speaker in parliament perhaps" , "Wrangler" , "disputatious type" , "Person discussing" , "argumentative person" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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