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All to give a child a name (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

total

'all' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'give a child a name' is the wordplay.
'give' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a child' becomes 'tot' (term for a young child).
'a name' becomes 'al' ().
'tot'+'al' is 'TOTAL'.

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for total that I've seen before include "given by 8 [ADDING MACHINES]" , "final answer" , "Reckon" , "The whole, sum" , "Comprising the whole" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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