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English man around in Dodge (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

evade

'dodge' is the definition.
(I know that dodge can be written as evade)

'english man around' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'man' becomes 'Dave' (I've seen this before).
'around' is a reversal indicator.
'e'+'dave'='edave'
'edave' reversed gives 'EVADE'.

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for evade that I've seen before include "Manage to avoid" , "Dodge, elude" , "Avoid, get out of" , "Sidestep" , "Dodge (taxes)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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