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You and the English (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

thee

'you' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'the english' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'the'+'e'='THEE'

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for thee that I've seen before include "Old objective second person singular" , "you many years ago" , "Archaic form of 'you'" , "'U'" , "Quaker 'you'" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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