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US inventor has no side, on reflection (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

edison

'us inventor' is the definition.
(Thomas Edison)

'no side on reflection' is the wordplay.
'on reflection' is a reversal indicator.
'no'+'side'='noside'
'noside' backwards is 'EDISON'.

'has' is the link.

(Other definitions for edison that I've seen before include "Inventor of the light bulb" , "The inventor is strangely onside" , "Thomas ......, famous American inventor" , "Thomas Alva ......, great American inventor" , "US inventor of phonograph, electric light etc." .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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