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The master has sweetheart name her! (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mae

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'her' is the definition.

'the master has sweetheart' is the wordplay.
'the master' becomes 'ma' (Master of Arts).
'has' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'sweetheart' becomes 'e' (the heart/centre of 'sweet').
'ma'+'e'='MAE'

'name' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for mae that I've seen before include "The first Hollywood blonde femme fatale, . . . West" , "Girl" , "Woman" , "- - West, movie vamp" , "- - West, life-jacket" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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