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Unattractive individual with no chance at all? (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dog

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'unattractive individual' is the definition.
'dog' can be an answer for 'individual' (dog is a kind of individual). I'm not certain of the 'unattractive' bit.

'with no chance at all?' is the wordplay.
'with' is an insertion indicator.
'no' becomes 'O' (O resembles 0).
'chance at all?' becomes 'dg' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'o' going into 'dg' is 'DOG'.

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(Other definitions for dog that I've seen before include "Sort of collar, fight, days" , "Cur" , "Hound" , "'You cannot teach an old ... new tricks'" , "Follow; pet" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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