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A Catalan name? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

alan

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'name?' is the definition.
(I know that Alan is a male given name)

'a catalan' is the wordplay.
'ALAN' is hidden within the letters.
But, I am uncertain how this is indicated.

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(Other definitions for alan that I've seen before include "Boy" , "One of Robin Hood's men was - a Dale" , "Lana (anag.), man's name" , "- Bennett, English dramatist, author" , "English historian/poet" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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