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Adventurer most weary needs to unwind (3,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tom sawyer

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'adventurer' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'most weary needs to unwind' is the wordplay.
'most weary' can be anagrammed to 'TOM SAWYER'.
However, I am not clear how this is indicated.

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(Other definitions for tom sawyer that I've seen before include "American boy" , "Boy whose Adventures were recorded by Mark Twain" , "a resident of St Petersburg" , "Work" , "Mark Twain character" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sun.
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