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A gun and possibly a forename (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

brendan

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'a forename' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'a gun and possibly' is the wordplay.
'a gun' becomes 'Bren' (Bren is an example).
'possibly' indicates an anagram.
'and' is an anagram of 'dan'.
'bren'+'dan'='BRENDAN'

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(Other definitions for brendan that I've seen before include "-- Behan, Irish author" , "Early Irish saint" , "- Behan, Irish dramatist" , "Chap" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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