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Man, pretentious or friendly? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hearty

'friendly?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'man pretentious' is the wordplay.
'man' becomes 'he'.
'pretentious' becomes 'arty' ('arty' can be similar in meaning to 'pretentious').
'he'+'arty'='HEARTY'

'or' is the link.

(Other definitions for hearty that I've seen before include "Having gusto" , "Enthusiastic and sincere" , "Hale and - -" , "Vocally cordial in earthy way" , "Exuberant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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