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One who deserves what he gets (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

earner

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'one who deserves' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'he gets' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'he' could be 'arne' and 'arne' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'er' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for earner that I've seen before include "Something bringing in money" , "Profitable undertaking" , "Something generating a good profit" , "One in employment" , "One paid for work" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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