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Said to be a man of letters (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mail

'letters' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'said to be a man' is the wordplay.
'said to be' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'a man' becomes 'male'.
'male' sounds like 'MAIL'.

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for mail that I've seen before include "letter?" , "Flexible armour" , "Paper" , "Post in America" , "Letters - armour" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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