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Sleuth Mike fills gaps (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

holmes

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'sleuth' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'mike fills gaps' is the wordplay.
'mike' becomes 'M' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'fills' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'gaps' becomes 'holes' (hole is a kind of gap).
'm' placed into 'holes' is 'HOLMES'.

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(Other definitions for holmes that I've seen before include "One good at interpreting clues" , "Two-hundred-and-twenty-one-b Baker Street resident" , "Our 1/4 Across [GOLD MEDALLIST] in 2004" , "Sherlock . . . . . . is a great fictional detective" , "Baker Street sleuth" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Mail.
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