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Struck down, he gave a bit of a bellow (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

abel

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'struck down he' is the definition.
'Abel' can be an answer for 'he'. I am unsure of the 'struck down' bit.

'a bit of a bellow' is the wordplay.
'bit of a bellow' becomes 'bel' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'a'+'bel'='ABEL'

'gave' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for abel that I've seen before include "The first murderee?" , "Cain's 11" , "Adamson" , "Victim of murderer" , "fellow killed by brother" .)

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