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40d Amount, say - a distinctive figure (3,3,3)
Looks like 'odd man out', but I can't see how the 'amount, say' bit works.

45d A chap playing sport ignoring United? A very poor example (7)
A?O?O?Y

45 A polo g(u)y

Chambers has…
Apology (noun). A poor specimen hardly worthy of its name

40. An anagram ‘odd’ of ‘man out’ might be ‘amount’

Thanks Jono. The construction of 45d seems off, there's no adequate indication that the sport goes inside the chap.