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The chap dropped round at the beginning of the week (6)

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I believe the answer is:

fellow

'the chap' is the definition.
('fellow' can be a synonym of 'chap')

'dropped round at the beginning of the week' is the wordplay.
'dropped' becomes 'fell' (I've seen this before).
'round' becomes 'o' (round can mean a round object**).
'at the beginning of' says to take the initial letters (I've seen 'at the beginning' mean this).
The first letter of 'week' is 'w'.
'fell'+'o'+'w'='FELLOW'

(Other definitions for fellow that I've seen before include "Senior member of a college or university" , "college type" , "Academic chap?" , "Comrade" , "Colleague" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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