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Tweedy fellow splitting hairs about what's right (6)

Ross

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harris

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'tweedy fellow' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'splitting hairs about what's right' is the wordplay.
'splitting' is an insertion indicator (some letters split a word into two).
'about' is an anagram indicator.
'what's right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'hairs' anagrammed gives 'haris'.
'haris' placed around 'r' is 'HARRIS'.

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(Other definitions for harris that I've seen before include "boating man" , "Isle known for tweed" , "location off Scottish mainland" , "Hebridean area associated with tweed" , "Joel Chandler --, creator of Brer Rabbit" .)

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