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Play with great guy on island (3,3,8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

man and superman

'play' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'with great guy on island' is the wordplay.
'with' becomes 'and' (I've seen this before).
'great guy' becomes 'superman' (I've seen this before).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'island' becomes 'man' (Man is an example).
'and'+'superman'='andsuperman'
'andsuperman' after 'man' is 'MAN AND SUPERMAN'.

(Another definition for man and superman that I've seen is " Play by George Bernard Shaw".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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