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Detective flying our helicopter (7,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hercule poirot

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

'flying our helicopter' is the wordplay.
'flying' indicates anagramming the letters.
'our'+'helicopter'='ourhelicopter'
'ourhelicopter' is an anagram of 'HERCULE POIROT'.

(Other definitions for hercule poirot that I've seen before include "Agatha Christie's detective" , "Fabled detective" , "Christie's Belgian sleuth" , "Fictional Belgian detective" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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