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Sheepish individual, about six (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ovine

'sheepish' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'individual about six' is the wordplay.
'individual' becomes 'one'.
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'six' becomes 'vi' ('vi' can be a synonym of 'six').
'one' going around 'vi' is 'OVINE'.

(Other definitions for ovine that I've seen before include "like a mug" , "Sheep-like" , "Like the Cheviots" , "Resembling a sheep" , "Like a sheep" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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