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Person who gets shot by outlaw carrying gun? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

barman

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'person who gets shot' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'outlaw carrying gun?' is the wordplay.
'outlaw' becomes 'ban' (banning is a kind of outlawing).
'carrying' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'gun?' becomes 'arm' (gun is a kind of arm).
'ban' placed around 'arm' is 'BARMAN'.

'by' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for barman that I've seen before include "Pub employee" , "Bloke at counter" , "Club worker" , "Drinks server" , "He works in a pub" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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