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One who regrets hiding key for person delivering (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rescuer

'person delivering' is the definition.

'one who regrets hiding key' is the wordplay.
'one who regrets' becomes 'ruer'.
'hiding' indicates putting letters inside.
'key' becomes 'esc' ('Escape' key on a computer keyboard).
'ruer' placed around 'esc' is 'RESCUER'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for rescuer that I've seen before include "freer" , "One who saves another from peril" , "Saviour" , "One who delivers" , "One who saves someone" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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