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Urban dweller in Kent finally has staff (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

townsman

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'urban dweller' is the definition.
'townsman' can be an answer for 'dweller' (townsman is a kind of dweller). I'm unsure of the 'urban' bit.

'kent finally has staff' is the wordplay.
'finally' indicates one should take the final letters.
'has' becomes 'owns' ('own' can be a synonym of 'have').
'staff' becomes 'man' (as in staffing or manning a particular place).
The last letter of 'kent' is 't'.
't'+'owns'+'man'='TOWNSMAN'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for townsman that I've seen before include "Male citizen" , "Urbanite" , "Douglas chap, perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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