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Record keeper (9)

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This might be a double definition.

'record' is the first definition.
(I have seen 'best record' mean 'number one' so perhaps 'record' could also mean 'number one')

'keeper?' is the second definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how one could define the other.

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(Other definitions for number one that I've seen before include "officer on board?" , "Naval first lieutenant; foremost person/thing" , "leader" , "top-selling record" , "the most important person" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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