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He can handle a horse when there's a wild mare around (7)

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I believe the answer is:

manager

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

'horse when there's a wild mare around' is the wordplay.
'horse when' becomes 'nag' (nag is a kind of horse. I am not sure about the 'when' bit.).
'there's a wild' indicates anagramming the letters.
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'mare' is an anagram of 'maer'.
'nag' placed inside 'maer' is 'MANAGER'.

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(Other definitions for manager that I've seen before include "Controller of resources" , "Supervisor" , "head of department" , "who tries to cope?" , "Executive or controller" .)

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