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This person has a story for your ear? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mealie

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'ear?' is the definition.
(I know that mealie is a type of ear)

'this person has a story' is the wordplay.
'this person' becomes 'me' (the person writing).
'has' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'story' becomes 'lie' (story can mean a fabrication).
'me'+'a'+'lie'='MEALIE'

'for your' is the link.
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(Other definitions for mealie that I've seen before include "South African maize" , "Lee, aim for an ear of maize" , "South African corn" , "bit of cereal" , "Corncob" .)

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