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Waits on others as becomes a man! (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

serves

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'waits on' is the definition.
(to wait on someone is to serve them)

'others as becomes a man' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'man' could be 'erv' and 'erv' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for serves that I've seen before include "Strokes that puts the ball in play" , "Puts the ball in play on court" , "What a waiter does" , "Puts the tennis ball in play" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times.
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