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Rock's a saintly individual! (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stone

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'rock's' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'a saintly individual' is the wordplay.
'a saintly' becomes 'st' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'individual' becomes 'one' (an individual is one person).
'st'+'one'='STONE'

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(Other definitions for stone that I've seen before include "Endocarp" , "Seed of e.g. cherry" , "Beryl, ruby" , "Rock; gem" , "Imperial unit of weight" .)

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