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Bores quit changing nickname (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sobriquet

'nickname' is the definition.
(I know that nickname can be written as sobriquet)

'bores quit changing' is the wordplay.
'changing' indicates an anagram.
'bores'+'quit'='boresquit'
'boresquit' with letters rearranged gives 'SOBRIQUET'.

(Other definitions for sobriquet that I've seen before include "A different name" , "Person's nickname" , "Another handle" , "one's assumed" , "Nickname -- Boers quit (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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