Skilled man or masterly young fellow (5)

I believe the answer is:

mason

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'skilled man' is the definition.
'Mason' can be an answer for 'man'. I'm not sure about the 'skilled' bit.

'masterly young fellow' is the wordplay.
'masterly' becomes 'ma' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'young fellow' becomes 'son' (I've seen this in another clue).
'ma'+'son'='MASON'

'or' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for mason that I've seen before include "Craftsman - English film actor, d. 1984" , "one in construction" , "A worker in stone - may be free" , "one wearing an apron" , "A skilled worker in stone" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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