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The first person to get cloned is an Internet hit (4)

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I believe the answer is:

meme

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'an internet hit' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'the first person to get cloned' is the wordplay.
'the first person' becomes 'me' (first-person pronoun).
'to get' says to put letters next to each other.
'cloned' becomes 'me' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'me'+'me'='MEME'

'is' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for meme that I've seen before include "online phenomenon" , "Behavioural trait" , "Transmitted cultural idea" , "Question that spreads on the internet" , "Often trite image" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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