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One who invests in The Guardian ? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

angel

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This clue could be a double definition.

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

'guardian ?' is the second definition.
(I've seen this before)

'in the' is the link.

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(Other definitions for angel that I've seen before include "Top D [DECORATION]" , "Cloud resident?" , "One usually obliging" , "Guardian spirit; theatre investor" , "One backing theatre production" .)

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