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Productive fellow to reel it off (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fertile

'productive' is the definition.
('fertile' can be a synonym of 'productive')

'fellow to reel it off' is the wordplay.
'fellow' becomes 'f' (abbreviation - of a society etc.).
'off' is an anagram indicator.
'reel'+'it'='reelit'
'reelit' anagrammed gives 'ertile'.
'f'+'ertile'='FERTILE'

(Other definitions for fertile that I've seen before include "Fruitful" , "Able to reproduce abundantly" , "Rich in growth" , "Fecund" , "Let rife (anag)" .)

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