The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word PERSON
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result PERSON
- An individual for each lad
- Soul singer’s lead part in Evita
- Individual starring primarily in Evita?
- A boy? Quite possibly!
- She is the third soprano principally engaged in Evita
- One selling wheels by ton — small for time being
- Short musical number follows for each individual
- Intimate relation and drinkers entertained by South American statesman
- Someone with a child
- Man maybe a child
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The straight part
We know that "Soul" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case soul = person.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does PERSON mean?
PERSON noun- An individual; usually a human being.
- The physical body of a being seen as distinct from the mind, character, etc.
- Any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts.
- The human genitalia; specifically, the penis.
- (grammar) A linguistic category used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and those to whom or about whom he or she is speaking. See grammatical person.
- A shoot or bud of a plant; a polyp or zooid of the compound Hydrozoa, Anthozoa, etc.; also, an individual, in the narrowest sense, among the higher animals.
- To represent as a person; to personify; to impersonate.
- (gender-neutral) To man.