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He's up to it, by all accounts (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

abel

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'he's up to it by all accounts' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'he's up to it by' is the wordplay.
'he' becomes 'abe'.
'up to it' becomes 'l' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'abe'+'l'='ABEL'

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(Other definitions for abel that I've seen before include "The first known murder victim" , "First person killed" , "Old Testament brother" , "character in the Bible" , "Biblical murder victim" .)

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