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Am as keen to gain a similar title (8)

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namesake

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'title' is the definition.
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'am as keen to gain a similar' is the wordplay.
'am as keen' can be anagrammed to 'NAMESAKE'.
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(Other definitions for namesake that I've seen before include "one similarly entitled" , "Appellation sharer" , "One with the same appellation" , "Make sane (anag.)" , "One addressed in the same way" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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