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Spectator found lone rook circling (6-2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

looker-on

'spectator' is the definition.
(looker-on is a kind of spectator)

'lone rook circling' is the subsidiary indication.
'circling' is an anagram indicator.
'lone'+'rook'='lonerook'
'lonerook' anagrammed gives 'lookeron'.

'found' is the link.

(Another definition for looker-on that I've seen is " A (mere) spectator".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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