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Does he hunt for customers? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hawker

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'does he' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'hunt for customers?' is the wordplay.
'hunt' becomes 'hawk' (hawking is a kind of hunting).
'for customers?' becomes 'er' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'hawk'+'er'='HAWKER'

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(Other definitions for hawker that I've seen before include "Pedlar" , "One who sells from door to door" , "Person who carries goods about for sale" , "Street-seller" , "He sells from door-to-door" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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