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Turn to hit well-known no-shower (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

godot

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'well-known no-shower' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'turn to hit' is the wordplay.
'turn' becomes 'go' (a person's move in a board game).
'to hit' becomes 'dot' (dot can informally mean to hit someone).
'go'+'dot'='GODOT'

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(Other definitions for godot that I've seen before include "he isn't going to come!" , "Mysterious character waited for" , "Two tramps awaited him (Beckett)" , "Samuel Beckett play ''Waiting for . . . . . '' (5)" , "someone waited for in theatre" .)

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