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Refers to someone blithely rejecting bill (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

they

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'refers to someone' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'blithely rejecting bill' is the wordplay.
'rejecting' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'blithely' with 'bill' taken away is 'THEY'.

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(Other definitions for they that I've seen before include "Pronoun for more than one" , "Do -- Know It's Christmas (Band Aid)" , "People generally" , "Those people (vb. subject)" , "Third person plural" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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