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American who gave name to wild ox (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

yank

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'american' is the definition.
(Yank can informally mean an American)

'gave name to wild ox' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'name' could be 'n' (common abbreviation e.g. on forms) and 'n' is located in the answer.
'ox' could be 'yak' (yak is a kind of ox) and 'yak' is located in the leftover letters.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'who' is the link.

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(Other definitions for yank that I've seen before include "Countryman" , "Pull sharply" , "sudden 24D [DRAW] ?" , "Term for an American" , "Sharp tug" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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