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For Henry, a roll in the hay? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

harry

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'for henry' is the definition.

'a roll in the hay?' is the wordplay.
'a roll' becomes 'rr' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in the' is an insertion indicator.
'rr' going into 'hay' is 'HARRY'.

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(Other definitions for harry that I've seen before include "Persistently harass" , "one trained in spells, familiarly" , "Persistently attack (an enemy)" , "Enfield, perhaps" , "Torment by constant attack" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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