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Would he be short of a title if he lost one? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

baronet

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'a title if he lost one?' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'would he be short' is the wordplay.
'would he' becomes 'baron' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'be' becomes 'vet' (vetting is a kind of being).
'short' means to remove the first letter.
'vet' with its initial letter removed is 'et'.
'baron'+'et'='BARONET'

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for baronet that I've seen before include "Lower noble" , "Lowest British hereditary title" , "Hereditary knight" , "One's entitled" , "A Breton could be a British peer" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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