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Timber reordered by one (5)

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I believe the answer is:

ebony

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'timber' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both human attributes as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'reordered by one' is the wordplay.
'reordered' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'reorder' mean this (I've seen this in other clues)).
'by'+'one'='byone'
'byone' with letters rearranged gives 'EBONY'.

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(Other definitions for ebony that I've seen before include "'Hard, dark wood (5)'" , "Tree with blackish wood" , "Hard block tropical wood" , "Black hardwood" , "Hard dark-coloured wood" .)

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