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Ignore a character as seen in EastEnders? (4,4,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

drop ones aitches

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'seen in eastenders?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'ignore a character' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'a' could be 'one' and 'one' is found within the answer.
'character' could be 'he' (he is a kind of character) and 'he' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'as' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for drop ones aitches that I've seen before include "Pronounce carelessly" , "Show lack of class" , "lack aspiration, so to speak" , "should Cockney enunciate thus?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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