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Anybody who isn’t off key (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

one

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'anybody' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'isn't off key' is the wordplay.
'isn't off' becomes 'on' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'key' becomes 'e' (I've seen this in other clues).
'on'+'e'='ONE'

'who' is the link.

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(Other definitions for one that I've seen before include "Half of two" , "1" , "Hour after midnight" , "Leading cardinal" , "both halves" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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