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Was he not taken advantage of? (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ted

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'was he not taken advantage of?' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'was he' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'he' could be 'ed' (short for Edward) and 'ed' is found within the answer.
A single letter 't' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for ted that I've seen before include "Edward (dim.)" , "Spread (hay); yob" , "Craggy Island Father" , ". . . Kennedy, Father . . ." , "Boy" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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