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Soft man, extremely likable (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gentle

'soft' is the definition.
(I know that soft can be written as gentle)

'man extremely likable' is the wordplay.
'man' becomes 'gent' (gent is a kind of man).
'extremely' means to remove the middle letters (only the extremes of the word are used).
'likable' with its centre taken out is 'le'.
'gent'+'le'='GENTLE'

(Other definitions for gentle that I've seen before include "'Mild, soft, tender (6)'" , "Soft and mild, quiet and soothing" , "that may help angler catch fish" , "bait used by anglers" , "Mild, not rough" .)

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