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The fellow Mr. Bloggs left behind (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

joel

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'the fellow mr' is the definition.
'Joel' can be an answer for 'mr'. I am not sure about the 'the fellow' bit.

'bloggs left behind' is the wordplay.
'bloggs' becomes 'joe' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'left' becomes 'L' (common abbreviation).
'behind' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'joe'+'l'='JOEL'

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(Other definitions for joel that I've seen before include "Old Testament prophet" , "Book of minor prophet" , "book in church" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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