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Man's clue involved American figure (5,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

uncle sam

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'figure' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'man's clue involved american' is the wordplay.
'involved' is an anagram indicator (involved can mean confusing or complex).
'american' becomes 'Am' (abbreviation in some contexts).
'ns'+'clue'='nsclue'
'nsclue' is an anagram of 'uncles'.
'uncles'+'am'='UNCLE SAM'

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(Other definitions for uncle sam that I've seen before include "Clue's man? (anag)" , "America personified" , "national representative, initially appropriate" , "US government personified" , "Embodiment of the USA" .)

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