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Sex-change for relaxed bloke? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fellow

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'bloke?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'sex-change for relaxed' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'change' could be 'fell' (fell is a kind of change) and 'fell' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ow' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for fellow that I've seen before include "The other of a pair, or a college member" , "Comrade" , "Informal chap, or member of learned society" , "Kind of associate, may be a traveller with communism" , "Companion or associate" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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