He has a line in chaff (5)

I believe the answer is:

brian

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'he' is the definition.

'a line in chaff' is the wordplay.
'a line' becomes 'i' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'chaff' becomes 'bran' (bran is a kind of chaff).
'i' put into 'bran' is 'BRIAN'.

'has' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for brian that I've seen before include "-- Blessed, actor" , "-- Blessed; -- Eno" , "He had a 1979 film "Life"!" , "snail animated" , "intellect" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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