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Possibly left Man Utd? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

side

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'possibly left' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'man utd?' is the wordplay.
'man' becomes 'Si'.
'utd?' becomes 'de' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'si'+'de'='SIDE'

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(Other definitions for side that I've seen before include "Pretentious air" , "Team - border" , "Ides (anag.)" , "Manchester United, for example?" , "Lateral team" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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