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Walk with Muppetman to see Rocketman? (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stephenson

'rocketman?' is the definition.
(Robert Stephenson, inventor of Stephenson's Rocket)

'walk with muppetman' is the wordplay.
'walk' becomes 'step' (I've seen this before).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'muppetman' becomes 'henson' (Jim Henson, creator of The Muppets).
'step'+'henson'='STEPHENSON'

'to see' is the link.

(Other definitions for stephenson that I've seen before include "Rocket engineer" , "Train man" , "man of note" , "Loco inventor" , "George --, rail pioneer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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