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Sailor with tourist trapping that man, one once terrifying in London (4,3,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

jack the ripper

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'one once terrifying in london' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'sailor with tourist trapping that man' is the wordplay.
'sailor' becomes 'jack' (informal term for a sailor).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'tourist' becomes 'tripper' (tripper is a kind of tourist).
'trapping' indicates putting letters inside.
'that man' becomes 'he' (he refers to a man).
'tripper' enclosing 'he' is 'theripper'.
'jack'+'theripper'='JACK THE RIPPER'

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(Other definitions for jack the ripper that I've seen before include "Man with murderous intent" , "Victorian murderer" , "Victorian serial killer" , "Notorious murderer" , "Murderous character" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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