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Exceptional grant and a fourth armed man? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dartagnan

'fourth armed man?' is the definition.
(fourth character in The Three Musketeers)

'exceptional grant and a' is the subsidiary indication.
'exceptional' is an anagram indicator.
'grant'+'and'+'a'='grantanda'
'grantanda' with letters rearranged gives 'dartagnan'.

(Other definitions for dartagnan that I've seen before include "French hero ..." , "Front of advancing army" , "Hero of The Three Musketeers" , "Hero of Les Trois Mousquetaires (Dumas)" , "Novel hero" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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