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Pass fashionable man (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

colin

'man' is the definition.

'pass fashionable' is the wordplay.
'pass' becomes 'col' (col is a term for a mountain pass).
'fashionable' becomes 'in' (in can mean fashionable or trendy).
'col'+'in'='COLIN'

(Other definitions for colin that I've seen before include "Man's name" , "--- Wilson, Eng. writer (The Outsider)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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