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Slight point to one who makes advances (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

slender

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'slight' is the definition.
(I know that slight can be written as slender)

'point to one who makes advances' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'point' could be 'end' (end is a kind of point) and 'end' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for slender that I've seen before include "Gracefully thin and elegant" , "inadequate" , "Barely sufficient; thin" , "Slight in form" , "Faint" .)

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