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Somebody from soap genre, possibly (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

personage

'somebody' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'soap genre possibly' is the wordplay.
'possibly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'soap'+'genre'='soapgenre'
'soapgenre' anagrammed gives 'PERSONAGE'.

'from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for personage that I've seen before include "VIP" , "(Important) individual" , "Somebody" , "Luminary" , "big noise, it's said" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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