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The one to right of them (5)

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their

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'of them' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'the one to right' is the wordplay.
'the one' becomes 'thei' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'to right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'thei'+'r'='THEIR'

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(Other definitions for their that I've seen before include "Possessive pronoun" , "Some would say his (or her)" , "Belonging to him (perhaps wrongly)" , "belonging to an individual" , "Those people's" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph and The Globe and Mail.
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