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All those noted for being truly individual (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

everyone

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

'for being truly individual' is the wordplay.
'for being' becomes 'e' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'truly' becomes 'very' (I've seen this before).
'individual' becomes 'one'.
'e'+'very'+'one'='EVERYONE'

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(Other definitions for everyone that I've seen before include "Uncle Tom Cobleigh and all" , "the masses" , "All the people" , "All without exception" , "Entire group" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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